Today President Bush will be presenting the Medal of Honor to the family of Tampa soldier Paul Smith. His 11-year-old son David will stand in for his father.
This is the first CMH earned since Mogadishu, and it is a posthumous one. I'm proud of Sergeant Smith that he will take his place among the honored, but also sad for the loss of him. I'm looking forward to a happier awarding, when it will be placed around the neck of a soldier who did his all and lived to tell about it.
