Navy SEAL's Medal Of Honor Renews Debate About Controversial Afghanistan Mission

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Published May 24, 2018 at 1:52 PM EDT

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President Trump stands with retired Master Chief Special Warfare Operator Britt K. Slabinski during a ceremony to award him the Medal of Honor in the East Room of the White House. (Susan Walsh/AP)

A retired Navy SEAL receives the Medal of Honor at the White House on Thursday. But the award for retired Master Chief Petty Officer Britt Slabinski is renewing a debate in the special operations community over what happened on a snowy mountainside in Afghanistan in 2002.

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