The Order of the Purple Heart for Military Merit was the first U.S. military decoration, instituted by Gen.

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Romesha is the fourth living person to receive the nation's highest military decoration for actions in Afghanistan or Iraq.

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And we honor them with the highest military decoration that our nation can bestow -- the Medal of Honor.

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The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration that America can bestow.

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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld Thursday announced that members of the Armed Forces who died in the September 11 attacks will receive the Purple Heart military decoration.

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He began with mostly black, white and navy daywear including form-fitting knits, coats with a slight pouf on the shoulders, a puffer jacket lined in shearling, nautical inspired tops, and jackets with military decoration.

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The approaching end of his extraordinary service on Capitol Hill was marked by two of those to whom he will be passing the torch - Senators Jeff Session of Alabama and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire - and by the presentation of a second-degree Keeper of the Flame (which he received originally in 1994), dubbed the Oak Leaf Cluster decoration, after the military practice.

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