WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday praised a U.S. soldier who three times left cover for an attempted rescue while Taliban bullets and grenades rained around him, ultimately losing his own life while trying to save his comrade on an Afghan battlefield.
Soldier killed in Afghanistan receives Medal of Honor
Thursday, September 17, 2009 | 4:26 p.m. CDT;
updated 5:19 p.m. CDT, Thursday, September 17, 2009
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