Maryland Governor Wes Moore, a U.S. Army combat veteran, apologized Thursday for falsely stating he received a Bronze Star on a White House application.
Moore was deployed to Afghanistan from August 2005 to March 2006 and won several awards, including the National Defense Service Medal, but said on a 2006 White House Fellowship application that he had Bronze Star, according to documents obtained by The New York Times.
In an interview with the newspaper, Moore said he made an “honest mistake.” In a statement later posted to X, he claimed that he included the honor at the encouragement of a senior officer who told him he had recommended Moore for a Bronze Star.
