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Medal Mess: Trump Says Civilian Award Is ‘Much Better’ Than Medal Of Honor
Anderson Cooper 360
Aug 17, 2024

Former President Donald Trump said the Presidential?Medal?of Freedom, which honors civilians, “is actually much better” than the?Medal?of Honor, because service members who receive the nation’s highest military decoration are often wounded or awarded it posthumously. Anderson Cooper speaks to two former Republican congressman, Navy SEAL Scott Taylor and current Lieutenant Colonel in the Wisconsin Air National Guard Adam Kinzinger, about Trump's comments.?Plus, CNN's Nick Paton Walsh inside Russia, with Ukrainian forces who've been letting Vladimir Putin know what it's like to be invaded.