live from america s news headquarters, i m patricia stark. the pentagon is saying u.s. sources have conducted an airstrike in syria targeting the islamic state militant known as jihady john. he participated in the beheadings of several soldiers. the pentagon is now assessing the results and it is unclear if he was killed in the strike. an american war hero who tackled a suicide bomber receiving our fogs highest military honor. president obama awarding the immediate del of the medal of honor to groberg. he helped push the bomber to the ground triggers an explosion. groberg is the 10th living service member to receive the medal for actions in afghanistan or iraq. it inspired the movie
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a very grateful nation honors an american with its highest military honor. president obama presented the medal of honor to the now retired u.s. army captain, who was badly wounded in afghanistan in 2012 when he tackled a suicide bomber seconds before the detonation. four fellow soldiers were killed in subsequent bombings, but because of his heroism many more lives were saved. he didn t know it at the time, that explosion also caused a second unseen bomb to detonate before it was in place. had both bombs gone off as planned, who knows how many could have been killed. those are the lives he helped to save. . we are honored that many of them are here today. with today s ceremony, he becomes the 10th survivor of the afghanistan war to receive the medal of honor and the first from the state of maryland.
with the outstanding team members as well as the gold star families who are here today as flo reminds us this medal in his words honors them as any honors that are bestowed upon him and on veterans day week, that s particularly appropriate. i want to thank all of our service members who are here today, all who could not attend, and i hope you enjoy an outstanding reception. i hear the food is pretty good here. thank you very much everybody. give captain a big round of applause again. president obama, another emotional ceremony awarding our nation s highest military honor to a young man just 32 years old, army captain florent groberg as you saw there on his face as he stood looking at that
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