The Senate has passed and referred to the House a concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 12) marking March 25, 2007, as National Medal of Honor Day. The special day would “mark the significance and importance of the Medal of Honor and honor the recipients of the Medal of Honor on the anniversary of the first award of that medal in 1863,” according to the legislation.
A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber flew from Europe across the Middle East to the Persian Gulf on July 25 in a 32-hour flight, as conflicts continued to roil the area with U.S. troops coming under attack in Iraq and Syria on July 25 and July 26, U.S. officials told…