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President Barack Obama stands with Phil and Maureen Miller, parents of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller, as the citation is read as part of the ceremony to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to their son in the East Room of the White House, Oct. 6, 2010. Miller was cited for heroic actions in Afghanistan on Jan. 25, 2008.

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President Barack Obama stands with Phil and Maureen Miller, parents of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller, as the citation is read as part of the ceremony to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to their son in the East Room of the White House, Oct. 6, 2010. Miller was cited for heroic actions in Afghanistan on Jan. 25, 2008.

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