Did the Pentagon launch an investigation into Kerry's medals?

[Cats Against Frist]

Could this be Rove's October Surprise? I SWEAR I remember hearing that the Navy and the Pentagon cleared the medals as OK, but I cannot find any links to it. I need that link for another message board post to a Smirky supporter. If you know they didn't, or anything about the investigation, please link me, too.

Otherwise, be on the lookout, because some of the Repukes "really thought this had legs."

[Longhorn]

1. Here's what I found at Democrats.com, a Yahoo story.

Link doesn't work any more, though.

Navy Says Kerry's Service Awards OK'd
Fri Sep 17, 7:13 PM ET
By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040917/ap_on_el_pr/kerry_navy_awards

WASHINGTON - The Navy's chief investigator concluded Friday that procedures were followed properly in the approval of Sen. John Kerry's Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals, according to an internal Navy memo.

Vice Adm. R.A. Route, the Navy inspector general, conducted the review of Kerry's Vietnam-ear military service awards at the request of Judicial Watch, a public interest group. The group has also asked for the release of additional records documenting the Democratic presidential candidate's military service.

Judicial Watch had requested in August that the Navy open an investigation of the matter, but Route said in an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press that he saw no reason for a full-scale probe.

"Our examination found that existing documentation regarding the Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals indicates the awards approval process was properly followed," Route wrote in the memo sent Friday to Navy Secretary Gordon England.

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[Trajan]

2. They completed their investigation ......

and determined his medals were absolutely legit ....

[Cats Against Frist]

3. Thank you -- I finally found the Yahoo! story, too

Amidst 100s of RW blogs and propaganda sites creaming their pants over this, lurks the one or two articles that say the Navy OK'd the medals. That's sad.