I was astonished hearing the POTUS read the events of 3 October 2009. In a twelve-hour firefight, the Battle of Kamdesh took place at Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan. Staff Sergeant Clinton Romesha's leadership in the face of withering enemy fire was inspirational. SSGT Romesha's award of the Congressional Medal of Honor is well-deserved.
SSGT Romesha and his team were outnumbered by Taliban forces in a ratio of more than three-to-one, surrounded on three sides (sometimes all four sides), wounded by enemy fire, and in an "indefensible position". Despite it all, SSGT Romesha and his team never gave up. They took the fight to the enemy, re-took Combat Outpost Keating after the Taliban had overrun the camp, and showed the training, discipline and determination necessary for success on the battlefield.
God bless SSGT Romesha, his "battle buddies", and all the men & women in our armed services who prepare for moments like that fateful day in 2009. Furthermore, rest in peace to the eight soldiers who perished in that battle, as well as all who made the ultimate sacrifice to defend freedom and our way of life.
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