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To: MrLucky who wrote (322814)	9/5/2009 8:56:45 PM
From: unclewest	4 Recommendations Respond to of 793964

This will be the sixth occasion since Sept. 11, 2001, that the nation’s highest award has been presented. Some believe the number is too low. In the National Defense Authorization Act for 2010, the Department of Defense came under fire for setting decoration standards too high. Still, regardless of political pressure and changing definitions in popular media, the department has held fast to its own definition of the word “hero,” which has stood the test of time. My definition of a close combat hero is - Anyone who while under fire, in the defense of America, elevates their body to place a well aimed shot at one of America's enemies. I would award all of them a medal.