secretary mnuchin, secretary mattis, secretary she will kin, senator stab now, congressman up ton and members of the armed forces, thank you for joining us as we award our nation's highest military honor to specialist 5 james c. mcclun. today we pay tribute to a veteran who went above and beyond the call of duty to protect our come rads, our country and our freedom. joining jim today is his wife sheer e, his brothers mike and tom, his sons, jamie and matt and many other members of his very large and beautiful family. we're also grat fied to be joined by eight previous medal of honor recipients.