congestion, for the smog. but there are a lot of people that do ride the bus. and now that the buses are running on natural gas, they don t throw out as much pollution into the air. so i feel good. i feel like i m doing my part to help out the environment. p president of the united states about to confer the medal of honor to staff sergeant ty carter in a ceremony at the white house. they ve just announced the president will be walking into the east room momentarily to for this ceremony. this is only the fifth time that a living recipient will get the medal of honor for actions in iraq and afghanistan. here s the president and ty carter. let s listen to this ceremony.
administration under the bush administration, not a single medal of honor was given to a living recipient. you had over 246 medals of honor in vietnam, only 10 have been given all posthumously under the bush administration to living recipients now, but only ten since 9/11. that s kind of the broader picture here. secretary gates did not see one single action in iraq or afghanistan that warranted the medal of honor to a living person. that s troublesome, because i will tell you from firsthand experience those acts of bravery and courage were being committed every single day. so under the bush administration, again, not a single living person got the medal of honor, and only a few given out posthumously. and that panel that you speak of, that was unprecedented. that has never been done before for the medal of honor. what has always been taken, the marines or the soldiers on the ground, the eyewitnesses that
thanks for teeing up another ceremony. it is nice to have these, especially when someone is speaking right now, be we are waiting for the president. we will get your thoughts. the first living recipient since vietnam. we only had three living recipients in the current wars. it demonstrates how difficult it is to recognize people who have served. let s listen in. if you would, please pray
fire and helped carry bodies of his fellow fighters out of the kill zone. now, the award. and jennifer griffin has it from the pentagon tonight. hello. hi, shep. the first living recipient, first marine to receive this oner in 41 years but he is a reluctant recipient. i feel i m the furtherrest thing from a hero. i went in there to do a job and the way i view it is that i left those guys down. but the award will be for them and the corps and the marines who didn t get recognized. he was based in kunar province. a scout sniper, his unit got ambushed. he was hit with shrapnel but kept going to tie triand help find the three fellow marines and navy corpsesmen who were missing. he found them dead and stripped of their gear but managed to
the president is now set to present the nation s highest award for valor. the medal of oner to a live magglio reason for the first time since a living marine for the first time since vietnam. he recovered the bodies of four fallen come raids during a battle in afghanistan in 2009. at least 50 tee scribed to us as well armed taliban fight ires ambushed corporal myers and another servicemen while they were in a mission to meet with tribal elders. the military leaders refused the plea for military support. but corporal meyer braved enemy fire and helped carry bodies of his fellow fighters out of the kill zone. now, the award. and jennifer griffin has it from the pentagon tonight. hello. hi, shep. the first living recipient, first marine to receive this