U.S. President Barack Obama awards posthumously the Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller and speaks on his courageous actions in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan in January 2008

President Obama pays tribute to the soldiers of the Special Forces and describes the character and actions of Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller during a ceremony at the White House. Sergeant Miller receives the award posthumously for his heroic actions in Afghanistan in January 2008. An unidentified speaker reads the official Congressional citation as the President presents the medal to Sergeant Miller’s family. U.S. Army Major General Chaplain Douglas L. Carver delivers the invocation and the benediction.