New website will aim to deter military fakers

President: New website will aim to deter fakers
By Andrew Tilghman - Staff writer
Army Times
Posted : Tuesday Jul 24, 2012

The Defense Department plans to unveil a new website listing high-level military honors in an effort to deter military fakers, President Obama said Monday.

The president, speaking to the annual convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Reno, Nev., said the site, which will be posted this week, is an effort to honor those who serve.

Obama’s announcement comes just weeks after the Supreme Court struck down a 2006 law making it a crime to lie about receiving some military honors, ruling that the law violated the First Amendment right to freedom of speech. “It may no longer be a crime for con artists to pass themselves off as heroes, but one thing is certain — it is contemptible,” Obama said.
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