Obama Honors Sixteen With Congressional Medal Of Freedom
WASHINGTON - AUGUST 12: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) presents the Medal of Freedom to Joanne Kemp on behalf of her husband, statesman and sports icon Jack French Kemp, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House August 12, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama presented the medal, the highest civilian honor in the United States, to 16 recipients during the ceremony. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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