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Medal of Honor awarded to soldier killed in Afghan war
President Obama honors Staff Sgt. Robert Miller with the Medal of Honor in a ceremony in the East Room. Miller led a nighttime patrol in Kunar province on January 25, 2008, until he was mortally wounded while protecting teammates. Miller’s heroism comes as Afghanistan remains America’s longest war with 95,000 U.S. troops currently.
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