POSC402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Jerry Falwell, Frances Perkins, Los Angeles Times
7 Oct 2018
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On july 23, 2007, xavier alvarez, a member of the three valleys water district board of. Directors, attended a joint meeting with the walnut valley water district board of directors at the board"s headquarters. Mr. alvarez was invited to speak about his background, and he stated, "i"m a retired marine of 25 years. Back in 1987, i was awarded the congressional medal of honor. " In fact, mr. alvarez had not received the congressional. Medal of honor, nor any other military medal or decoration. He had also had never served in the. The stolen valor act of 2005 makes it a crime to falsely claim receipt of military decorations or medals. On september 26, 2007, mr. alvarez was charged in the central district of california with two counts of falsely representing that he had been awarded the congressional medal of. Honor in violation the stolen valor act of 2005.
