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U.S. President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Freedom to civil rights activist Sylvia Mendez during a ceremony at the White House in Washington February 15, 2011. —-REUTERS/Larry Downing


WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 15: Artist Jasper Johns is presented with the 2010 Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Barack Obama during an East Room event at the White House February 15, 2011 in Washington, DC. Obama presented the medal, the highest honor awarded to civilians, to twelve pioneers in sports, labor, politics and arts.
—–Alex Wong/Getty Images


WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 15: Co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council John H. Adams is presented with the 2010 Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Barack Obama during an East Room event at the White House February 15, 2011 in Washington, DC. Obama presented the medal, the highest honor awarded to civilians, to twelve pioneers in sports, labor, politics and arts.
—-Alex Wong/Getty Images


WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 15: Very Special Arts (VSA) founder Jean Kennedy Smith (R) is presented with the 2010 Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Barack Obama during an East Room event at the White House February 15, 2011 in Washington, DC. Obama presented the medal, the highest honor awarded to civilians, to twelve pioneers in sports, labor, politics and arts.
—-Alex Wong/Getty Images


WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 15: U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) (R) is presented with the 2010 Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama during an East Room event at the White House February 15, 2011 in Washington, DC. Obama presented the medal, the highest honor awarded to civilians, to twelve pioneers in sports, labor, politics and arts.
—Alex Wong/Getty Images


WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 15: Baseball Hall of Fame member Stan Musial is presented with the 2010 Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Barack Obama during an East Room event at the White House February 15, 2011 in Washington, DC. Obama presented the medal, the highest honor awarded to civilians, to twelve pioneers in sports, labor, politics and arts.
—- Alex Wong/Getty Images


US President Barack Obama awards the 2010 Medal of Freedom to Jewish Holocaust survivor and author Gerda Weissmann Klein during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2011. In 1945, she was sent on a forced 350-mile death march to avoid the advance of Allied forces. She was one of the minority who survived the forced journey. In May 1945, Klein was liberated by forces of the United States Army in Volary, Czechoslovakia, and later married Army Lieutenant Kurt Klein, who liberated her camp. A naturalized citizen, she recently founded Citizenship Counts, an organization that teaches students to cherish the value of their American citizenship.
—- JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images


Cellist Yo-Yo Ma receives the Medal of Freedom from U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington February 15, 2011.
—-REUTERS/Larry Downing


Basketball legend Bill Russell receives the Medal of Freedom from U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington February 15, 2011.
—- REUTERS/Larry Downing


US President Barack Obama awards the 2010 Medal of Freedom to investor, industrialist and philanthropist Warren Buffett during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2011. Often called the legendary investor Warren Buffett, he is the primary shareholder, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Mr. Buffett has pledged that all of his shares in Berkshire Hathaway about 99 percent of his net worth will be given to philanthropic endeavors. He is a co-founder of The Giving Pledge, an organization that encourages wealthy Americans to devote at least 50 percent of their net worth to philanthropy.
—-JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images


WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 15: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) kisses poet and author Maya Angelou after giving her the 2010 Medal of Freedom in the East Room of the White House February 15, 2011 in Washington, DC. Obama presented the medal to twelve pioneers in sports, labor, politics and arts.
—-Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images


U.S. President Barack Obama hugs Libby Little, the widow of Tom Little, who was killed in Afghanistan while working for the National Organization of Ophthalmic Rehabilitation Eye (NOOR) project, as he posthumously awards the Medal of Freedom to Tom Little at the White House in Washington February 15, 2011.
—-REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque


US President Barack Obama awards the 2010 Medal of Freedom to former President George H.W. Bush during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2011. George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st President of the United States. Prior to that, he was Vice President in the Reagan Administration, Director of Central Intelligence, Chief of the U.S. Liaison’s Office to the People’s Republic of China, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and a Member of the House of Representatives from the 7th District of Texas. He served in the Navy during World War II. President Bush and President Clinton worked together to encourage aid for victims of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004.
—- JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images

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