Recipients of the medal of valor and heroic commendations. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [ ] ladies and dental men, the president of United States a company by the attorney general. Good morning everybody and thank you for joining us today. President ke to thank trump for the ceremony. Let me saves an honor to serve under president who is so strongly a supporter of Law Enforcement and has the back of Police Officers and First Responders. Thank you mr. President. [applause] we have come together to recognize the extraordinary actions of fellow citizens. The president has chosen to honor fellow citizens from texas who displayed an extraordinary degree of care for their fellow person, putting their fellow their own lives at risk. We also honor six Police Officers of ohio who put themselves between a gunman and a crowd of innocent civilians. For the people out in dayton that night, these officers were the thin blue line between life and death. The actions of this, the six off
Ladies and gentlemen, the recipients of the medal of valor and who wrote commendations. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, the resident of the United States accompanied by the atty. Gen. The atty. Gen. Good morning everybody and ink you for joining us today. I would like to think resident for hosting this ceremony and let me say it is an honor to serve under a president who is so strongly a supporter of Law Enforcement and has the back of Police Officers and First Responders. Thank you mr. Pres. Thank you mr. Pres. [ applause ] we come together to recognize the extraordinary actions of 11 fellow citizens. The president has chosen to honor five civilian from texas who displayed an extraordinary degree of care for their fellow man putting their own lives at risk. We also honor six from a who put themselves between eye gunmen and a crowd of innocent civilians. For the people in dayton these officers were the thin blue line between life and death. The actions of these officers show that wh
Heres a look at the president s remarks. Ladies and gentlemen, the resr recipients of medal of valor and hero iic commondations. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States accompanied by the attorney general. Is is good morning, everybody. And thank you for join, us today. Id like to thank President Trump for hosting this ceremony. And let me say that its an honor to serve under a president who has so strongly a supporter of Law Enforcement and has the back of Police Officers and First Responders. Thank you, mr. President. [ applause ] weve come together to recognize the extraordinary actions of 11 fellow citizens. The president has chosen to honor five civilians from texas, who displayed an extraordinary degree of care for their fellow man, putting their own lives at risk. We also honor six Police Officers from ohio, who put themselves between a gunman and a crowd of innocent civilians. For the people out in the dayton that night, these officers were the thi
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