[aristeides]

So this is to be awarded on St. Patrick's Day in NYC. I wonder if either Clinton will show up at the parade that day. I understand neither showed for the Veterans' Day parade in NYC yesterday. Anybody know where the Clintons were yesterday?

This NY Times article on the parade mentions the presence of Mayor Bloomberg and Sen. Schumer, but makes no mention of either Clinton.

[mountaineer]

Hillary may have skipped the parade, but she was politicking at a VA hospital, according to the NY Daily News:

At the Veterans Administration hospital on E. 23rd St., Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) joined with the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association to call for increased funding for VA hospitals in the Northeast and Midwest.

Federal formulas shortchange hospitals by refusing to take into account that a greater percentage of veterans in the two regions have costly ailments and cannot pay their medical bills.

At the hospital, Clinton also videotaped an interview with World War II vet Manuel Cantos, 82. The recording will be sent to the Library of Congress as part of an ongoing project collecting the oral histories of U.S. veterans. link to story