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Waq al-waq does not usually break protocol and comment on issues outside of Yemen, but this is an exception. On Friday my younger brother was awarded the Navy and Marine […]

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Gregory Johnsen

December 21, 2010

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Waq al-waq does not usually break protocol and comment on issues outside of Yemen, but this is an exception. On Friday my younger brother was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal after back-to-back tours of Iraq (his second) and Afghanistan by the Secretary of the Navy. He couldn’t have a prouder older brother.

Gregory Johnsen

Near East Studies Scholar, Princeton University

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