Outgoing President Barack Obama appears not to have the time to bestow the military’s highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor, to former U.S. Army Spc. Jim McCloughan, 70, for his personal acts above and beyond the call of duty as a medic during the Vietnam War.
The warrior has been waiting for five decades to be recognized for saving 10 people in May 1969, despite having some grenade shrapnel and a bullet wound in his arm, during a gruesome battle of the Vietnam War that left scores of service members killed, wounded, or missing in action.
Although U.S. Army Secretary Eric Fanning signed off on warrior’s Medal of Honor certificate on December 27, McCloughan indicated the U.S. government had not told him about it, reports the Army Times.
“I’m anticipating that it will not be President Obama because of the lack of time that he has left in office. I just am waiting,” also said the Vietnam veteran, later adding, “It’s been nearly 48 years. I think I can wait a few more weeks.”
For a few weeks, the executive branch has been knee-deep in transition to the administration of President-elect Donald Trump, who will be inaugurated on Friday.
Yet, Obama made time last week to award his right-hand man, Vice President Joe Biden, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civil honor.
Obama has also found the time to execute 11th-hour transfers out of the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and terminate the U.S. immigration policy dubbed “Wet Foot, Dry Foot” that allowed Cubans who reach U.S. soil to stay and ultimately become citizens, among other last-minute actions. MORE HERE
DJT will rectify that.
To paraphrase George Zimmerman:
“He looks……..white.”
I would think Jim McCloughan would much prefer the Honor be bestowed by Trump versus the anti-Military, anti-American, terrorist supporting obama.
All this hero has to do is announce that he now wants to have sex with men. Obama will call him instantly.
Ocorpseman’s last rebuke of America’s finest as he continues to set free our country’s enemies from Gitmo to kill more of our people. Only two and one-half days. God speed, Donald Trump.
Sounds like this MOH recipient lucked out.
🙂
@cato is spot on.
BHO has so much havoc to wreak and only so much time. Leave it for someone else.
No problem… Trump will get it done.
Jim McCloughan may very well be 70, but he’s still An American Badass Warrior.
Salute !
If you’d have thrown your Purple Heart over the WH fence, Mr. McCloughan, you’d have had your MOH several years ago.
Anybody else buying fireworks for Friday?
@thirdtwin
Nope. But I may step outside and fire off a few celebratory rounds into my shooting pile at noon.
We’re celebrating with steaks, oysters, champagne, popcorn, chocolates … Actually we stocked up on a long list of celebratory food. If we eat it all, we’ll be sick as dogs — but happy!!
@oolook
Happy Trumpsgiving. Or something.
January 20, 2017, should be declared a national holiday, a day of thanksgiving, joy, and celebration!
Let’s not be too harsh on obongo….he did offer to do the ceremony between the 10th and 11th holes at his country club, but they blackballed his application to join and now it’s too late to reschedule.
DJT will take care of this within the first 100 days, I’m sure.
would love it if Trump could award the medal immediately after taking the oath of office. outside, in front of MILLIONS! then mention he doesn’t know why he had to wait four weeks. I say embarrass 0bama at every turn
I suspect that if Trump hears about this his first official act in the Oval Office will be awarding that hero his well deserved medal.
Our long national nightmare is almost over!
@Third, that would be me!
I live in a very fireworks friendly neighbourhood.
New Years, the Forth. They are nonstop for hours.
The cop across the street and I are planning a YUGE Boom Shaka Laka Boom Shaka Laka Boom.
too busy pinning medals on biden?
At 12:01 the national nightmare will be over!
I haven’t heard anything about the last-minute Pardons List from our Filthy Mohammedan Savage In Chief. Since the MSM is always covering up for our Filthy Mohammedan Savage In Chief, we won’t know about the List’s entire disgustingness until next week.