Vice President Joseph Biden hosts the Medal of Valor ceremony with Attorney General Eric Holder at the White House. The Medal of Valor is the nation's highest honor awarded to public safety officers and is bestowed on 18 individuals who exhibited exceptional courage, regardless of personal safety, in the attempt to save or protect others from harm. The list of honorees are: Officers Julie Olson, Reeshemah Taylor, Sean Haller, Rafael Rivera, Timothy McClintick, Max McDonald and Douglas Weaver; Wildlife Officer Michael Neel; Troopers Robert Lombardo and Joshua Miller (posthumously); Firefighters Peter Demontreux, Hope Scott and William Reynolds; Deputy Sheriff Krista McDonald; Deputies Cameron Justus (posthumously) and William Stiltner (posthumously); and Sergeants Karl Lounge Jr. and Thomass Baitinger (posthumously). Deputy Attorney General Mary Lou Leary convenes the ceremony and reads the official citations.
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