In town pool report #5-Ceremony begins

President Donald Trump entered the East Room at 4:54 p.m., and the program started with a prayer.

As a reminder, the event is being live streamed.

President Trump, reading from a teleprompter, recognized people in the audience, including those mentioned in previous report (Hegseth, Graham, Young). Among those recognized:

UN Ambassador Mike Walz

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine

Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao

Commander of the Marine Corps Eric Smith

U.s. Sen. Jim Banks

U.S. Reps. Morgan Griffith, Ralph Norman (he said a couple other names I didn't catch)

11 former Medal of Honor recipients

He is now reading the bios of the three recipients. The crowd has given each a standing ovation.

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Tia Mitchell

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