Bill to Award Army Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe the Medal of Honor Stuck in Senate

A bill that would allow for the awarding of the Medal of Honor to Army Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe, who died after rushing into a burning military vehicle in Iraq to pull out fellow soldiers on October 17, 2005, is currently stuck in the Senate, caught up in partisan fighting on other issues. Cashe was posthumously awarded the Silver Star in 2005, but for the last 15 years, his family and a legion of supporters in the military and veteran community have been fighting to get it upgraded to the Medal of Honor, and they are almost over the finish line.-- More...