Some OOTDs are humorous. This is not one of them:

“Throughout my service, first as a senator and then as a presidential candidate and then as a President, I’ve always run into you guys. And for some reason it’s always in some rough spots.

First time I saw 10th Mountain Division, you guys were in southern Iraq. When I went back to visit Afghanistan, you guys were the first ones there. I had the great honor of seeing some of you because a comrade of yours, Jared Monti, was the first person who I was able to award the Medal of Honor to who actually came back and wasn’t receiving it posthumously.”

The problem is, Jared Monti was killed in action in Afghanistan, on June 21, 2006. He was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously, September 17, 2009. President Obama handed the framed medal to his parents, Paul and Janet Monti. He and the First Lady comforted them in the Oval Office following the ceremony.

Obama did award a non-posthumous MoH to Salvatore Giunta last year.   It doesn’t speak well of Obama that he couldn’t get the names right in what appear to be prepared remarks for the troops.  I know White House speech research is pretty bad these days (and a never-ending source for this feature), but this is simply appalling.  (via Sarjex, our editorial cartoonist in the Green Room.)

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