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Brian Williams resigns from board of Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation
nydailynews.com ^ | Feb. 20, 2015 | Bill Hutchinson

Posted on 02/20/2015 6:10:49 AM PST by PROCON

Disgraced NBC News anchor Brian Williams has resigned from the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation’s board of directors.

In a statement announcing the resignation Thursday, foundation president Ron Rand did not elaborate on Williams’ reason for the decision.

Williams, 55, has been on the foundation’s board since 2006. The organization supports the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, which presents the country’s highest military award for acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty.

NBC brass suspended Williams last week for six months without pay after he was caught lying about being on a military helicopter that was hit by a rocket propelled grenade during the Iraq War in 2003.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brianwilliams; cmhfoundation; liar; liberalmedia; medalofhonor; nbc; stolenvalor
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Oh Noes....does this mean he'll also have to surrender all the medals he "earned"?
1 posted on 02/20/2015 6:10:49 AM PST by PROCON
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To: PROCON

They probably asked him to resign.


2 posted on 02/20/2015 6:16:57 AM PST by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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To: PROCON

First honorable thing he has ever done LOL.


3 posted on 02/20/2015 6:21:01 AM PST by trustandobey
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To: PROCON

What next? Resignation from the VFW Board of Directors?


4 posted on 02/20/2015 6:22:13 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obama;America's First "Third World" President)
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To: maggief; thouworm; WildHighlander57; LucyT; Liz; stephenjohnbanker

FYI


5 posted on 02/20/2015 6:22:16 AM PST by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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To: PROCON

6 posted on 02/20/2015 6:23:21 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: Gay State Conservative

WTF? It’s the person(s) who appointed him to that board who should be fired!


7 posted on 02/20/2015 6:24:10 AM PST by gr8eman (Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
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To: PROCON

Does this mean he’s on KP duty?


8 posted on 02/20/2015 6:27:00 AM PST by albie
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To: PROCON

Why would a member of the media be on this board? I would think that, based on the name alone, it would disqualify anyone other than congressmen from being on the board. Such an incestuous relationship between government and media....


9 posted on 02/20/2015 6:28:52 AM PST by debrawiest (Because a sinless Savior died, my sinful soul is counted free.)
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To: Catmom

They probably asked him to resign.


Yep. I’m sure mine wasn’t the only call they received ;^)


10 posted on 02/20/2015 6:28:58 AM PST by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: PROCON

He has to cut all existing ties before he begins rehabilitating his reputation. After a short break, he will write a book (or have one written for him). Then will make the talk show circuit and finally back to NBC but not in front of the camera.

Personally I would have thought an on air (heartfelt) apology would have been enough. For so much piling on I have to think someone in power must really be pissed at him.


11 posted on 02/20/2015 6:30:47 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I do not doubt that our climate changes. I only doubt that anything man does has any effect.)
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To: gr8eman

I agree. Why was Williams on this Board in the first place?


12 posted on 02/20/2015 6:30:51 AM PST by freedom1st
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To: PROCON

I never liked those leeches in congress attaching their name to the Medal of Honor anyway. Where do they get off?


13 posted on 02/20/2015 6:35:10 AM PST by Dr. Pritchett
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To: PROCON

By “resigns” they mean “found they changed the locks on the doors”.


14 posted on 02/20/2015 6:36:23 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: CIB-173RDABN

“For so much piling on I have to think someone in power must really be pissed at him.”

The credibility of the press got Obama elected. He has called that credibility into question, not just for himself, but for the entire legacy media. It’s necessary for them all to point their finger and jeer. In so doing they exonerate themselves from any taint of lying and salvage their credibility so they can continue as agents of Progressivism.


15 posted on 02/20/2015 6:37:26 AM PST by Gen.Blather
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To: PROCON
Every time I start to feel a little sorry for this guy, I remind myself that he is a corrupt poser who represents everything that is wrong with America today.

A phony narcissistic lying member of the Propaganda machine known as journalism. He and his ilk are polluting our culture with their ideology under the guise of objective news and science.

They need to be condemned for this breach of trust and honesty, and they need to be held accountable and suffer consequences.

Brian Williams is simply a natural product of Leftism...Lots of Talk resulting in the decay and death of all that is good and true.

16 posted on 02/20/2015 6:37:34 AM PST by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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To: Jane Long

Good job!


17 posted on 02/20/2015 6:39:11 AM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: LucyT

Time for lc ping?


18 posted on 02/20/2015 6:40:14 AM PST by sweetiepiezer (MY COUNTRY WAS OF THEE!!!!)
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To: Gen.Blather
BINGO!

19 posted on 02/20/2015 6:42:52 AM PST by skinkinthegrass ("Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid." Hedy Lamarr)
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To: Awgie

Wasn’t always this way. There was a time when CBS and the AP were the gold standards of news reporting.


20 posted on 02/20/2015 6:53:33 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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