Vice President Biden Honors Police, Firefighters With Medals
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Vice President Joe Biden presents the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor to Deputy Sheriff Krista McDonald of the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office during a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington on Feb. 20, 2013. The medal is the highest national award for public safety officers who have shown exceptional courage, regardless of their own safety, to protect or save a human life.
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Vice President Joe Biden presents the Medal of Valor to Officer Reeshemah Taylor of the Osceola County Corrections Department in Florida during a ceremony in Washington.
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Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder present the Medal of Valor to Wildlife Officer Michael Neal of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission during a ceremony in Washington.
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Medal of Valor receipients Officer Douglas Weaver and Sergeant Karl Lounge help Paige Baitinger before she received the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor for her late husband Sergeant Thomas Baitinger of the St. Petersburg Police Department during a ceremony in Washington.
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U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder give the Medal of Valor to Angela Miller, widow of fallen Pennsylvania State Trooper Joshua D. Miller, during an event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington.
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Vice President Joe Biden presents the Medal of Valor to Officer Sean Haller of the California Highway Patrol during a ceremony in Washington.
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Vice President Joe Biden presents the Medal of Valor to Officer Julie Olson of Maplewood, Minn., during a ceremony in Washington.
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Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder present the Medal of Valor to Officer Rafael Rivera of the California Highway Patrol during a ceremony in Washington.
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Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder present the Medal of Valor to Officer Julie Olson of Maplewood, Minn., during a ceremony in Washington.
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Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder present the Medal of Valor Officer Sean Haller of the California Highway Patrol during a ceremony in Washington.
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