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The American Presidency Project
Dwight D. Eisenhower
XXXIV President of the United States: 1953-1961
1 - Letter to the Attorney General on Receiving His Report on Deceptive Practices in Broadcasting Media.
January 1, 1960
Dear Mr. Attorney General:
Thank you for the informative report relating to deceptive practices in broadcasting media which you prepared at my request and submitted to me on December 30, 1959.
The report indicates that there may be further developments and that the governmental bodies concerned have not completed all of the action which they may be considering. I would therefore appreciate it if you continued to follow the matter for me. Please advise me of developments and report your recommendations from time to time as you consider it appropriate.
Sincerely,
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
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The American Presidency Project
Barack Obama
XLIV President of the United States: 2009 - present
556 - Remarks on Presenting the Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Ryan M. Pitts
July 21, 2014
For our forces in Afghanistan, the battle of Wanat was one of the most fierce of this entire war. Forty-eight Americans, along with their Afghan partners, were manning their small base, deep in a valley when they were attacked by some 200 insurgents. And those insurgents seemed determined to overrun an even smaller post just outside the base, an elevated patch of boulders and sandbags defended by just nine American soldiers.
Soon, under the relentless fire, all nine of those men were wounded or killed. Insurgents broke through the wire. And that little post was on the verge of falling, giving the enemy a perch from which to devastate the base below. Against that onslaught, one American held the line: just 22 years old, nearly surrounded, bloodied but unbowed, the soldier we recognize today with our Nation's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, Staff Sergeant Ryan M. Pitts.
Now, I don't want to embarrass Ryan, but the character he displayed that day was clearly forged early. I'm told that in kindergarten, when asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, he drew a picture of a soldier. When he was in the fifth grade, his teacher sent home a note that described Ryan in words that would be familiar to all those who knew him today: Ryan, she wrote, is "a very special human being."
In Ryan Pitts you see the humility and the loyalty that define America's men and women in uniform. Of this medal, he says: "It's not mine alone. It belongs to everybody who was there that day because we did it together."
So I want to welcome those who were there that day, Ryan's brothers-in-arms, and those who welcoming—are going to be welcoming him into their ranks, the members of the Medal of Honor Society. We are very proud of them, and we are honored by the presence of the families of our fallen heroes as well.
We welcome Ryan's family, many from New Hampshire, including his wonderful wife Amy. I have to take a pause because they are actually celebrating—Ryan and Amy—their second anniversary today. [Laughter] As Ryan put it, it's going to be tough topping this one, as anniversaries go. [Laughter] But let me just give you a piece of advice as somebody who now has been married for over 20 years: You should try. [Laughter] I'm just saying, don't rest on your laurels after just 2 years. [Laughter]
- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 02:47 AM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Friday 02 October 2015
