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President Barack Obama addresses audience members at the Medal of Honor ceremony for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller in the East Room of the White House, Oct. 6, 2010. Miller was killed in 2008 protecting his fellow special forces soldiers after being ambushed by insurgent forces in Chen Khar, Afghanistan.

HONORING A HERO

President Barack Obama addresses audience members at the Medal of Honor ceremony for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller in the East Room of the White House, Oct. 6, 2010. Miller was killed in 2008 protecting his fellow special forces soldiers after being ambushed by insurgent forces in Chen Khar, Afghanistan.

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