Wednesday morning, defense attorneys argued unsuccessfully to exclude any testimony about sniper attack victims other than Franklin in sentencing proceedings if Malvo is convicted.

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In conferring the medal, President Barack Obama described the conditions faced by Romesha and 52 other soldiers when they came under attack from mortar, rocket-propelled grenade, machine-gun and sniper fire on October 3, 2009, at Combat Outpost Keating in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan.

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