WWI vet to be considered for honor that anti-Semitism may have thwarted
| |Monday, Dec. 19, 2011
William Shemin was a 19-year-old kid from Bayonne, N.J., in 1918 when his heroics during World War I made him the recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation's second-highest combat award. His daughter has pushed for the ultimate military award — the Medal of Honor.Read more
Commentary: Marine Corp brass did a disservice to Dakota Meyer
|Monday, Dec. 19, 2011
The Marine Corps has done a disservice to its most recent recipient of the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for bravery in combat.Read more
White House, Pentagon won't probe Medal of Honor
| |Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011
The White House and the Pentagon said Thursday that they wouldn't investigate embellishments in the Marine Corps' account of the actions that led to Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer receiving the Medal of Honor.Read more
Marine Corps statement on Cpl. Meyer's Medal of Honor
|Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011
We are personally very disappointed in the McClatchy Newspaper’s decision to publish the article, “Marines Promoted Inflated Story for Medal of Honor Winner” alleging that the Marine Corps embellished Corporal Dakota Meyer’s story. We firmly stand behind the Medal of Honor (MOH) process and the conclusion that this Marine rightly deserved the nation’s highest military honor.Read more
White House response to questions about Dakota Meyer's Medal of Honor narrative
Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011
"The President was very proud to present the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Meyer for his extraordinary service in Afghanistan. As the President said that day, "in Sergeant Dakota Meyer we see the best of a generation that has served through a decade of war." — Tommy Vietor, NSC SpokesmanRead more
Marines promoted inflated story for Medal of Honor winner
| |Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011
Crucial parts that the Marine Corps publicized and Obama described are untrue, unsubstantiated or exaggerated, according to dozens of military documents.Read more
Meyer deserved Medal of Honor, his comrades say
| |Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011
Dakota Meyer's commander had good reason to nominate the Marine Corps sergeant for the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military's highest decoration for valor.Read more
Part 1: Thanks to Tarrant County, risky deals for projects statewide gain financing
| |Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010
Tarrant County has quietly operated a sideline business for years: authorizing financing for billions of dollars of projects all over Texas, including risky deals others had rejected.Read more
Part 2: Assisted-living facility made possible by tax-exempt bonds fell into 'anarchy'
| |Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010
Second of four parts: A singing trio of brothers -- known as McDuff -- arrived in Fort Worth in the late 1990s with high hopes of creating assisted-living centers for some of the city's most vulnerable residents.Read more
Part 3: Conflict-of-interest concerns raised about advisers in bond deals
| |Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010
Third of four parts: For decades, Tarrant County has relied on attorney C. Harold Brown to be the go-to man for its multibillion-dollar conduit bond business.Read more
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