https://www.wsj.com/articles/president-biden-and-american-gratitude-11637617891?mod=opinion_lead_pos11
“We have nothing to announce at this time,” says White House National Security Council assistant press secretary Patrick Evans via email today on the potential scheduling of a Medal of Honor ceremony for American hero Alwyn Cashe. This Thanksgiving week President Joe Biden should express the thanks of a grateful nation and honor the memory of the courageous Cashe.
A year ago this column noted the amazing sacrifices Cashe made for his fellow soldiers while sustaining fatal burns in Iraq in 2005. Even while on fire, he pulled his wounded comrades out of a Bradley fighting vehicle under furious attack.
Once the Pentagon had learned the full story of his selfless actions, both houses of Congress acted by unanimous consent last year to make Cashe eligible for the Medal of Honor, which normally must be awarded within five years of the actions giving rise to the award. Then-President Donald Trump signed the law making Cashe eligible and the presentation was expected this year.
But now it’s late November and for some reason the expected presidential action still hasn’t occurred. Last month the Orlando Sentinel’s editorial board wrote:
The 16th anniversary of Alwyn Cashe’s heroism in Iraq came and went on Sunday… And yet, we’re still waiting for the Biden administration to get off its rear end and schedule a ceremony finally granting Cashe the honor he earned with his life.
… Raised in Seminole County, Cashe went straight from Oviedo High School to the U.S. Army in 1988. He served in the Gulf War and then in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.