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Obama grotesquely had himself awarded a Defense Dept. medal yesterday
« on: January 05, 2017, 02:35:59 pm »
January 5, 2017
Obama grotesquely had himself awarded a Defense Dept. medal yesterday
By Thomas Lifson

President Obama has another ironic award for his trophy shelf, to accompany his Nobel Peace Prize and all those participation trophies he got at Punahou for his basketball skills.  His appointee and subordinate Ash Carter yesterday pinned a military medal --  the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service -- on his boss, as Warner Todd Huston reported for Breitbart.


 

The ceremony took place at Joint Base Myers-Henderson, before a crowd that had an awful of of empty seats, almost as if the military service members who attended were there on orders.

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Re: Obama grotesquely had himself awarded a Defense Dept. medal yesterday
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2017, 05:18:07 pm »
You have got to be F@&!#^% killing me. This has to be fake news right. Right?
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Re: Obama grotesquely had himself awarded a Defense Dept. medal yesterday
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2017, 05:23:04 pm »
Unreal.........   15 days till we are rid of him.
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Re: Obama grotesquely had himself awarded a Defense Dept. medal yesterday
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2017, 05:32:23 pm »
Quote from: mrpotatohead on January 05, 2017, 05:23:04 pm
Unreal.........   15 days till we are rid of him.

He's like herpes....you never get rid of it.  It keeps coming back over and over and over again...
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Re: Obama grotesquely had himself awarded a Defense Dept. medal yesterday
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2017, 05:32:35 pm »
Grotesque is the right word for this.
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Re: Obama grotesquely had himself awarded a Defense Dept. medal yesterday
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2017, 06:41:20 pm »
I wish the article would have mentioned if this has ever happened to a sitting President before. 

ETA:  Er, did some digging, and  apparently SecDef Gates gave the same medal to Bush on January 6, 2009

http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=67729

...and SecDef Cohen gave Slick Willie the same medal in January 2001.

http://archive.defense.gov/photos/newsphoto.aspx?newsphotoid=3174

Also, Spielberg got it in 1999 for Saving Private Ryan.

http://archive.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=42941
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Re: Obama grotesquely had himself awarded a Defense Dept. medal yesterday
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2017, 06:46:10 pm »
Is this the award:
http://geraldrfordfoundation.org/medal-for-distinguished-public-service/

Sorry I'm a little out of it today.
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Re: Obama grotesquely had himself awarded a Defense Dept. medal yesterday
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2017, 06:48:21 pm »
Quote from: Maj. Bill Martin on January 05, 2017, 06:41:20 pm
I wish the article would have mentioned if this has ever happened to a sitting President before.



(Jan. 6, 2009) Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates awards the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service to President George W. Bush during the Armed Forces Farewell Tribute for President Bush at Conmy Hall at Fort Myer.

http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=67729

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Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen presents the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service to President Bill Clinton in a ceremonial farewell at Fort Myer, Va., on Jan. 5, 2001.

http://archive.defense.gov/photos/newsphoto.aspx?newsphotoid=3174

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Re: Obama grotesquely had himself awarded a Defense Dept. medal yesterday
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2017, 07:04:02 pm »
Quote from: Maj. Bill Martin on January 05, 2017, 06:41:20 pm
I wish the article would have mentioned if this has ever happened to a sitting President before. 

ETA:  Er, did some digging, and  apparently SecDef Gates gave the same medal to Bush on January 6, 2009

http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=67729

...and SecDef Cohen gave Slick Willie the same medal in January 2001.

http://archive.defense.gov/photos/newsphoto.aspx?newsphotoid=3174

Also, Spielberg got it in 1999 for Saving Private Ryan.

http://archive.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=42941

OK, understood, but they should have made an exception for 0.
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