George Bush actually said...

The United States honors Paul Johnson for his landmark contributions to sharing the lessons of the past so that they may inform the present and shape the future.

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Press Release - Citations to Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom

12/14/2006

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...

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