President Barack Obama watches as Medal of Honor recipient retired Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha, facing camera, hugs MacAidan Gallegos, son of the late Sgt. Justin Gallegos, following Romesha's medal of honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Sgt. Gallegos was one of eight who died as Romeshan fought back an intense daylong barrage by enemy fighters as the Taliban descended on Combat Outpost Keating in the mountains near the Pakistan border on Oct. 3, 2009.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)