John Kerry's Swift Boat Defender Stripped of Medal

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5:15 PM, Jul 26, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

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Ben Smith catches a Navy Times report that Capt. Wade Sanders -- best known for vouching for John Kerry's dubious war record and introducing the candidate at the 2004 convention -- has been stripped of his Silver Star by the Navy:

"Had the subsequently determined facts and evidence surrounding both the incident for which the award was made and the processing of the award itself been known to the Secretary of the Navy in 1992, those facts would have prevented the award of the Silver Star," [Mabus spokeswoman Pamela] Kunze said.

Aside from improperly receiving a medal, and Sanders is currently in jail for child pornography. Remind me again why dozens of Swift Boat vets that served with Kerry were so objectionable for questioning his war record?