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Sgt. Ashley Randall, accepts the Medal of Honor on behalf of her grandfather, Pvt. Demensio Rivera, from President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Washington. Obama awarded 24 Army veterans the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in recognition of their valor during major combat operations in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
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Joe Rodriguez, left, stands with President Barack Obama before accepting the Medal of Honor on behalf of his uncle, Pvt. Miguel A. Vera, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Washington. Obama awarded 24 Army veterans the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in recognition of their valor during major combat operations in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
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Dominga Perez, left, stands with President Barack Obama before accepting the Medal of Honor on behalf of her father, Pvt. Pedro Cano, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Washington. Obama awarded 24 Army veterans the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in recognition of their valor during major combat operations in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
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Miriam Adams, left, stands with President Barack Obama before accepting the Medal of Honor on behalf of her uncle, Pvt. Joe Gandara, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Washington. Obama awarded 24 Army veterans the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in recognition of their valor during major combat operations in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
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Alice Mendoza, left, stands with President Barack Obama before accepting the Medal of Honor on behalf of her husband, Staff Sgt. Manuel V. Mendoza, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Washington. Obama awarded 24 Army veterans the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in recognition of their valor during major combat operations in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
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Alfonzo Lara, accepts the Medal of Honor on behalf of his brother, Pfc. Salvador J. Lara, from President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Washington. Obama awarded 24 Army veterans the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in recognition of their valor during major combat operations in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
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Families of three fallen Navy SEALs are suing Afghan President Hamid Karzai, his security forces and Iran. The lawsuit accuses Mr. Karzai of accepting bribes for the deaths of U.S. servicemen and of leaking details of a SEAL mission to the Taliban. (Associated Press)
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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrives at the Vilnius airport in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, March 18, 2014. Biden arrived in Vilnius for consultations with Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite and Latvia's President Andris Berzins, a few hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a draft bill for the annexation of Crimea, one of a flurry of steps to formally take over the Black Sea peninsula. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
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Unidentified armed men search an area close to an Ukrainian military unit in Simferopol, Crimea, on Tuesday, March 18, 2014. Gunfire at the military facility in the capital of separatist Crimea killed one serviceman and a member of a local self-defense brigade, a police spokeswoman was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. (AP Photo/Andrei Udovichenko)