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The Stolen Valor Act of 2013 (Pub. L. 113–12 (text); H.R. 258) is a United States federal law that was passed by the 113th United States Congress.The law amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime for a person to fraudulently claim having received a valor award specified in the Act, with the intention of obtaining money, property, or other tangible benefit by convincing another that ...
In British military slang, such impostors are called "Walts", based on James Thurber's fictional character, Walter Mitty, who daydreamed of being a war hero. [5] In the United States since the early 2000s, the term stolen valor has become popular slang for this behavior, named for the 1998 book Stolen Valor. [6]
The Stolen Valor Act of 2005, signed into law by President George W. Bush on December 20, 2006, [1] was a U.S. law that broadened the provisions of previous U.S. law addressing the unauthorized wear, manufacture, or sale of any military decorations and medals.
Republican JD Vance is alleging Democrat Tim Walz is guilty of "stolen valor" -- an explosive allegation that supporters of Walz say goes too far. It's against federal law to lie about military ...
Sen. J.D. Vance and others have accused Walz of lying about his military service.
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Stolen valor is a term for the behavior of military impostors: individuals who lie about serving in the military or the extent of their military service. Stolen valor may also refer to: Stolen Valor, a 1998 book; Stolen Valor Act of 2005, an act of the United States Congress; Stolen Valor Act of 2013, an act of the United States Congress
Stolen medical files, false documents Cavanaugh used the medical files of real veterans she met as a social worker at the Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center to create her own bogus ...