SEAL awarded Medal of Honor for fight against al-Qaeda

President Trump awarded the Medal of Honor on Thursday to Britt Slabinski, a retired Navy SEAL, who rallied his outnumbered troops in a chaotic rescue mission on a snow-covered mountain in Afghanistan in 2002.

Slabinski initially was awarded the Navy Cross for his heroics in the fight against al-Qaeda terrorists to rescue a colleague, but a review of citations for valor since the Sept. 11 terror attacks ordered in 2014 by then-Defense sSecretary Chuck Hagel resulted in the upgrade to the Medal of Honor.

“Special man,” Trump said. “A truly brave person.”