Barack Obama: “These are the men and women who in their extraordinary lives remind us…”

On the recordNovember 19, 2013

These are the men and women who in their extraordinary lives remind us all of the beauty of the human spirit.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom

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Barack Obama: “These are the men and women who in their extraordinary lives remind us all of the beauty of the human spirit.”