{"id":304845,"date":"2017-04-23T13:56:39","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T12:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/president-trump-and-melania-insist-on-personally-awarding-purple-heart-to-afghanistan-veteran\/"},"modified":"2017-04-23T13:56:39","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T12:56:39","slug":"president-trump-and-melania-insist-on-personally-awarding-purple-heart-to-afghanistan-veteran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/president-trump-and-melania-insist-on-personally-awarding-purple-heart-to-afghanistan-veteran\/","title":{"rendered":"President Trump and Melania insist on personally awarding Purple Heart to Afghanistan veteran"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-4435848\/President-Trump-Melania-award-Purple-Heart-veteran.html\"><strong>Daily Mail<\/strong><\/a><br \/>April 23, 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><strong>President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0marked his first visit to a military hospital with wife\u00a0Melania\u00a0Trump in order to award a Purple Heart to\u00a0an Army sergeant.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lS6UWYxj1Pg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Trump said he was so moved by the story of\u00a0Sergeant 1st Class Alvaro Barrientos,\u00a0who was wounded in Afghanistan on March 17, that he wanted to do the honor himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Melania stood by her husband\u2019s side at the visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, outside Washington, on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Before pinning the award on Barrientos, Trump remarked: \u2018When I heard about this and I wanted to do it myself.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The occasion marked Trump\u2019s first visit as president to the military hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Barrientos, whose right leg below the knee had been amputated, was wheeled into a hospital atrium in a wheelchair, accompanied by his wife, Tammy.<!-- [donotprint] --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ppani\">\n<li>A d v e r t i s e m e n t<\/li>\n<li\/><\/ul>\n<p><!-- [\/donotprint] --><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He was injured when\u00a0an Afghan soldier opened fire inside a base in the Helmand province and wounded three U.S. soldiers, reported\u00a0<a id=\"ext-gen136\" class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-trump-veterans-idUSKBN17O0IP?il=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The commander of the U.S. military kissed Barrientos\u2019 wife before he bestowed the honorable award to the sergeant\u2019s left shirt collar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-4435848\/President-Trump-Melania-award-Purple-Heart-veteran.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Sunday, April 23, 2017  at  4:18 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/president-trump-and-melania-insist-on-personally-awarding-purple-heart-to-afghanistan-veteran.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p>        <!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n --><\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/president-trump-and-melania-insist-on-personally-awarding-purple-heart-to-afghanistan-veteran.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily MailApril 23, 2017 President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0marked his first visit to a military hospital with wife\u00a0Melania\u00a0Trump in order to award a Purple Heart to\u00a0an Army sergeant. Trump said he was so moved by the story of\u00a0Sergeant 1st Class Alvaro Barrientos,\u00a0who was wounded in Afghanistan on March 17, that he wanted to do the honor himself. 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