As he waited for his citizenship ceremony to start Tuesday, Haeder Al Anbki held his breath, half-worried that someone would stop him and tell him to leave.
A well-known special operator’s Air Force Cross was not upgraded to a Medal of Honor during a recent military-wide review of valor awards at the Pentagon. But that doesn’t bother him, and he said the focus should be on another airman who is still slotted for an upgrade to the Medal of Honor.