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Obama Flubs Speech to Troops By Claiming Dead Soldier is Alive
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 7:28pm by Tiffany Gabbay
President Obama flubbed his remarks to troops at Fort Drum Thursday when he told the US Armyâs 10th Mountain Division about the time he awarded the first Medal of Honor to someone not receiving it posthumously. The medal, he said, went to Jared Monti. The only issue is that Jared Monti died in service in Afghanistan, and did in fact receive the medal posthumously.
CBN News, which first reported the gaffe, provides the transcript of the Presidentâs speech:
Obama Flubs Speech to Troops By Claiming Dead Soldier is Alive
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 7:28pm by Tiffany Gabbay
President Obama flubbed his remarks to troops at Fort Drum Thursday when he told the US Armyâs 10th Mountain Division about the time he awarded the first Medal of Honor to someone not receiving it posthumously. The medal, he said, went to Jared Monti. The only issue is that Jared Monti died in service in Afghanistan, and did in fact receive the medal posthumously.
CBN News, which first reported the gaffe, provides the transcript of the Presidentâs speech:
âThroughout my service, first as a senator and then as a presidential candidate and then as a President, Iâve always run into you guys. And for some reason itâs always in some rough spots.
First time I saw 10th Mountain Division, you guys were in southern Iraq. When I went back to visit Afghanistan, you guys were the first ones there. I had the great honor of seeing some of you because a comrade of yours, Jared Monti, was the first person who I was able to award the Medal of Honor to who actually came back and wasnât receiving it posthumously.â
