Obama's day: Medals of Honor

President Obama pays tribute to the military Monday by presenting the Medal of Honor to heroes from the Vietnam War.

Obama will bestow the Medal of Honor on Army Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie G. Adkins and the late Army Spc. Donald P. Sloat.

Adkins, who lives in Alabama, is being honored for running through enemy fire to rescue comrades during a battle in 1966.

Sloat died on the field of battle in Vietnam in 1970, when he used his body to shield other soldiers from an exploding grenade.

Also on Monday, Obama meets with Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

In the late afternoon, the president headlines a Democratic Party Senate campaign fundraiser in Washington, D.C.