War Figures Honored With Medal of Freedom
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President Bush on Tuesday bestowed the nation&#39;s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, on three of the central architects and executors of the war
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U.S. allies in the war on terror marked the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with memorial events for the victims and renewed resolve to keep fighting.
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Badly wounded in Iraq, Army Spec.  Rosetta Floyd joined other U.S. veterans at a dedication  ceremony on Wednesday for a new Smithsonian exhibition tracking  250 years of American military conflicts.
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Two WWI soldiers shot dead for cowardice and pardoned 90 years later are to be honoured on a war memorial.
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Photos of more than 1,000 U.S.  soldiers who died in Afghanistan and Iraq were laid out in  Union Square Park in New York on Friday in a display intended  to put faces of the fallen before the public.
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Washington's elite mingled with  artistic icons at the Kennedy Center Honors on Saturday, paying  tribute to five people for their lifetime contributions to the  arts and American culture.
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President Bush awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom yesterday to three men who he said had &quot;made our country more secure and advanced the cause of human liberty:&quot; Gen.
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President Bush awarded the nation's highest civilian honor Tuesday to three men central to his Iraq policy, saying they had played "pivotal roles in great events."
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President Bush on Monday honored U.S. troops who have fought and died for freedom and expressed his steely resolve to succeed in the war in Iraq. "As before in our history, Americans find ourselves under attack and underestimated," he said.
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The first Medal of Honor awarded for combat in Afghanistan will be presented Monday to the family of a Navy SEAL from Long Island, N.Y, who gave his life to make a radio call for help for his team.
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The Defense Department has released the names of the following US service members killed recently in Iraq.
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President Bush on Tuesday bestowed America&#39;s highest civilian honor on three leading figures of the Iraq war, including the former spymaster under whose watch the CIA
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President Bush announced yesterday the recipients of this year's Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award.
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Jim Newman, an Army captain during the Vietnam War, stared at the Bell UH-1 Huey Helicopter. "I left a lot of blood and part of my leg in that Huey," he said. Nearly four decades after escaping death, Newman was among dozens of veterans at a dedication ceremony Wednesday for a new Smithsonian Institution exhibit that pays tribute to the service and sacrifice of the nation's battle-worn men and women.
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Legendary blues musician B.B. King, former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky and historian David McCullough were among those awarded the Medal of Freedom on Friday by President George W. Bush.
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French President Jacques Chirac Sunday decorated US filmmaker Stephen Spielberg with the Legion of Honor, the country's highest distinction, in a ceremony attended by a cluster of film stars.
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President Bush paused on Veterans Day to honor the "hidden heroes" in America's military who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan during his presidency and in wars past. He also paid tribute to soldiers he said are waging a winning battle against insurgents west of Baghdad.