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“I’m going to go off-script here for a second and just say I really like this guy. When you meet Sal and you meet his family, you are just absolutely convinced that this is what America is all about. And it just makes you proud.”
— BARACK OBAMA on Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, who received the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military decoration; Giunta is the first living servicemember in almost 40 years to receive the award (via USA Today)