The best part of that news story I just linked to is that apparently all Ken Salazar would have to do to get up to speed on actual phony soldiers is talk to his brother, a congressman:

His brother, meantime, U.S. Rep. John Salazar, D-Colo., is working to establish a database of soldiers who have earned military honors so that people who falsely claim to hold medals can be prosecuted under the Stolen Valor Act, which John Salazar authored.