I believe during the Reagan Administration a Bill was sponsored granting the
Purple Heart to any American citizen who was a victim of a terrorist act.

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"Bob McKellar" wrote in message
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Now the military is even giving Purple Hearts and Bronze
Stars to civilian contractors.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2004May12.html

Does anybody else think "privatization" is going a bit far?

Bob McKellar