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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nBack in June<\/a>, we talked about Sergeant First Class Earl D. Plumlee’s Medal of Honor nomination which made it easily through the military side of the Pentagon, but was shot down once the civilian politicians on the other side of the Puzzle Palace got their grubby paws on the paperwork. The civvies decided that a CID investigation of a sale of a gift from a contractor to SFC Plumlee came to naught. <\/p>\n The Washington Post<\/a> reports that California Congressman Duncan Hunter is looking at this case along with the case of LTC Jason Amerine and Major Mathew L. Golsteyn;<\/p>\n A spokesman for Hunter, Joe Kasper, said Tuesday that the inspector general\u2019s office found in June that the Army was within its rights to launch an investigation into Plumlee\u2019s alleged actions and notified Hunter\u2019s office afterward. Work referenced that in a new letter to Hunter also sent Sept. 2.<\/p>\n \u201cOn June 26, 2015, the Office of the Inspector General responded to you regarding their investigation into the actions of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command following complaints lodged against Sergeant First Class Plumlee,\u201d Work\u2019s letter said. \u201cNow that the previous investigation is complete, I have asked the Inspector General to open a separate review of the circumstances surrounding Sergeant First Class Plumlee\u2019s award in response to the allegations in your letter of May 19, 2015. \u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Pentagon needs to drag these civilians out of the awards process. I look at SFC Allwyne Cashe <\/a>and Rafael Peralta<\/a>, both of whom deserve the Medal of Honor by any measure and now SFC Plumlee – the awards system has failed these heroes, the “civilian leadership” has failed these men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"