U.S. President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta and speaks on his courageous actions against an armed enemy in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan in October 2007

President Barack Obama describes the actions of Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta in Afghanistan, during a ceremony at the White House. An unidentified speaker reads the official Congressional citation as the President presents the medal to Sergeant Giunta. U.S. Army Major General Chaplain Douglas L. Carver delivers the invocation and the benediction.