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For decades, the wartime service of 96-year-old Edmond Harjo and other American Indian code talkers was something that wasn t even officially acknowledged, let alone publically recognized. But on Wednesday Harjo sat in the Capitol s Emancipation Hall soaking in a standing ovation from hundreds of people - after an introduction from House Speaker John Boehner. Harjo, a member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, is one of the last surviving members of a group of American Indians who used their native language to outwit the enemy and protect U.S. battlefield communications during
stanley cup World Wars I and II. In a ceremony Wednesday, congressional leaders formally awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to American Indians known as code talkers honoring the service of 33 tribes. From his seat, Lyle Cook watched the applause for Harjo and a procession of speeches proudly, with a lump in his throat. Cook is a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux in South Dakota. He said all he could think about were members of his tribe who served in World Wars I and II but didn t live to receive the formal recognition that has been more than 70 years in coming. It is wonderful, but it is a bittersweet moment, said Cook, 52, an Army veteran. I wish they were here. Code talkers were represented Wednesday by tribal delegations, many in traditional dress, who packed Emancipa
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stanley cup tical games with the vote on an extension of the Bush tax cuts. Thursday the prospective leader of the House had more colorful language. Boehner called the Democrats tax bill, set for a vote Thursday afternoon, chicken crap. The bill only extends the tax cuts for the middle class. This is nonsense, Boehner said forcefully to reporters. The election was one month ago. We re 23 months from the next election and the political games have already started trying to set up the next election To rule this vote out today, it s really just, it s what you think I was going to say earlier. Answering a question from CBS News Capitol Hill producer Jill Jackson on whether or not he would put the plan for
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