On 11 September 2012 Chris Stevens, a career diplomat and American Ambassador was killed in the line of duty. He died while doing his job and defending American interests in a very dangerous place.
Since then there has been a lot of talk concerning the action, or better said the inaction of the administration, and the public has been told nothing of substance as to why Mr. Stevens died. Usually when an ambassador dies the administration honors the individual with a formal funeral and (often) a medal honoring their service. But as a career State Department Officer he apparently didn't rate any recognition. Since he was not a mega donor to the party and not a political appointee he was a non person to the Secretary of State and the administration, and nobody saw fit to honor an honorable man.
There has been no public recognition other than a private memorial service in San Francisco last month and an equally private service in DC at a time yet to be determined. In fact there has been no public recognition and even his burial was shunned by the administration.
They should be ashamed of themselves but I suspect they have no shame and no sense of honor.
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