Presidential Medal of Freedom

Presidential Medal of Freedom Honoree Pat Summitt

Diana Nyad | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Pat Summitt Tennessee, Pat Summitt Dementia, Pat Summitt, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Sports News

I have known Coach Summitt over these many years. I stand in awe of what she has accomplished on the hard courts, and now equally in awe of how she plans to manage her disease in public, with the hopes of showing all of us that there can be grace and maybe even victory once the diagnosis has been issued.

Read Post

WATCH: Bob Dylan, Toni Morrison Honored Among 'America's Very Best'

NBC Nightly News | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: John Glenn, Video, Bob Dylan Medal of Freedom, Toni Morrison, Obama-Medals-of-Freedom, Bob Dylan, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Medal of Freedom, Fifty News

Post50 favorites singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, author Toni Morrison, and Madeleine Albright, the first female Secretary of State, were among the 13 hon...

Read Whole Story

Lessons From a Nonagenarian: Values-based Leadership Etiquette

Theresa Berenato | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Good Manners, Frances Hesselbein, Leadership, Etiquette, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Organization, Impact News

From Frances, I have learned that leadership is all about valuing relationships, about valuing people. Real etiquette is not about mindless or archaic ritual; it is about the quality and character of who we are. "Good manners" are the expression of genuine respect for others.

Read Post

Obama Honors Medal Of Freedom Recipients

AP | NANCY BENAC | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Obama Medal of Freedom, John Doar, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Obama, Gordon Hirabayashi, Madeleine Albright, Medal of Freedom Recipients, John Paul Stevens, Dolores Huerta, Video, Toni Morrison, Shimon Peres, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Juliette Gordon Low, Jan Karski, William Foege, Medal of Freedom, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Sketching impressive contributions to society in intensely personal terms, President Barack Obama presented the Medal of Freedom to...

Read Whole Story

Y'át'ééh President Obama, Ahéhee' Girl Scouts

Diana Greymountain | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Juliette Low, Girl Scouts, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Girl Scouts of America, Teen News

I've been a Girl Scout for 11 years. So ahéhee' (thank you) to Girl Scouts because my Girl Scouting life has given me the chance to say yá'át'ééh (hello) to the President of the United States.

Read Post

How Would Obamacare Fare Before Justices Who Received Top Honor?

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court, Video, Sandra Day O'Connor, Obamacare, Supreme Court Obamacare, Health Care Law, Felix Frankfurter, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Interstate Commerce, Commerce Clause, President Obama, Supreme Court Health Care, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Later this spring, retired Justice John Paul Stevens will become the ninth former member of the Supreme Court to receive the Presidentia...

Read Whole Story

Playing Politics With Presidential Medals

David Macaray | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Medal of Freedom Recipients, Paul Bremer, George Tenet, Knight of the British Empire, Medal of Freedom, Knighthood, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Thethatcheryears, The Thatcher Years, The-Thatcher-Years, Politics News

The day will surely come when some future president awards the Medal of Freedom to George W. Bush. It will happen. But why on earth would an ex-president need the same medal that Richard Petty got?

Read Post

No Medal Of Freedom For Paterno?

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Penn State Scandal Joe Paterno, Joe Paterno Medal of Freedom, Video, Joe Paterno Presidential Medal of Freedom, Penn State Scandal, Joe Paterno Penn State Scandal, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Joe Paterno, Sports News

The scandal currently plaguing Penn State University is already marring the legacy of Joe Paterno. Politico is reporting that Republican Senator Pa...

Read Whole Story

Robert Gates Honored By Obama, Awarded Presidential Medal Of Freedom

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Gates Presidential Medal of Freedom, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Robert Gates, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Gates Obama, Obama Robert Gates, Robert Gates, Robert Gates Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A visibly moved Defense Secretary Robert Gates paused briefly at a Pentagon retirement ceremony rife with pomp and pageantry, colle...

Read Whole Story

Tuesday at the White House

George Mitrovich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Presidential Medal of Freedom, Medal of Freedom, Barack Obama, Politics News

I went to the White House Tuesday for the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony honoring 15 people, from Warren Buffet to George Herbert Walker Bush; from Stan Musial to Bill Russell; from Maya Angelou to Yo-Yo Ma.

Read Post

Presidential Medal Of Freedom Recipients

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Medal of Freedom, Obama Medal of Freedom 2011, Medal of Freedom 2011, Presidential Medal of Freedom 2011 Recipients, Medal of Freedom Recipients, Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners, Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients, Presidential Medal of Freedom 2011 Winners, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Medal of Freedom 2011 Winners, Slidepollajax, Medal of Freedom 2011 Recipients, Medal of Freedom, Presidential Medal of Freedom 2011, Medal of Freedom Winners, Politics News

President Obama handed out the Presidential Medals of Freedom today, one of the highest civillian awards in the United States. The award, which is ...

Read Whole Story

Obama Presents NRDC Founder John Adams with a Presidential Medal of Freedom

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, John Adams Nrdc, Catskills, Fracking, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Carol Browner, Nrdc, Natural Gas, Green News

Today NRDC Founder John Adams will travel to the White House to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United St...

Read Post

Obama Will Award Presidential Medal to NRDC Founder John Adams

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sewage, Clean Air, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Nrdc, John Adams, Climate Change, Pollution, Barack Obama, John Adams Nrdc, Green News

In order to grasp all that John has accomplished, you have to remember what America was like 40 years ago -- raw sewage floated through cities and waterways were so polluted they caught on fire.

Read Post

J.K. Rowling Medal Objected To By Bush Officials Over Witchcraft

Think Progress | Zaid Jilani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harry Potter Witchcraft, Matt Latimer, Presidential Medal of Freedom Harry Potter, j.k. Rowling Presidential Medal of Freedom, George W. Bush Harry Potter, Geroge W. Bush, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Latimer George W. Bush, Speechless: Tales of a White House Survivor, George W. Bush Harry Potter Witchcraft, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Politics News

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civil award, and is given to individuals who have contributed to: 1) the security or nationa...

Read Whole Story

AIPAC's Proxy War on Obama

James Zogby | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mary Robinson, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Medal of Freedom, Barack Obama, President Obama, Aipac, Anti-Defamation League, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Politics News

Despite the harshness of the AIPAC and ADL attacks, and the hurt, no doubt, they have brought to Mary Robinson, I am convinced that this entire episode had less to do with her than it does with the President.

Read Post

Michelle Obama At Presidential Medal Of Freedom Ceremony: RED HOT (VIDEO)

Huffington Post via Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, President Medal of Freedom Michelle Obama, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Michelle Obama Style, Style News

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed guests to the White House on Wednesday to present 16 Presidential Medals of Freedom. The first...

Read Whole Story

Harvey Milk: What His Presidential Medal of Freedom Means to All Americans

Chuck Wolfe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Presidential Medal of Freedom, Stuart Milk, Harvey Milk, Politics News

When Stuart Milk accepts the Medal of Freedom tomorrow, it will be tinged with the thought of what might have been -- for Harvey, for our movement, and for our country.

Read Post

$1 Trillion Bailout and The Medal of Freedom

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, Senator McCain, Presidential Medal of Freedom, George W. Bush, Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, Bailout, Glass-Steagall, Business News

It's important not to be imbibing the proverbial Kool-Aid when digesting the edge of The Great Depression, Part II.

Read Post

Obama's Shortlist Just Got Shorter

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chris Dodd, David Boren and His Son Dan, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Donna Shalala, Countrywide Financial, Richard Holbrooke, Barack Obama Vice President, Vice President, Obama Vice President, Politics News

Chris Dodd, Donna Shalala, Richard Holbrooke, David Boren can be scratched from Obama's short list (and perhaps even his long list) for vice president and for cabinet or other high-level positions

Read Post

"To Kill A Mockingbird" Author Honored With Presidential Medal Of Freedom

Publishers Weekly | Kevin Howell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harper Lee Presidential Medal of Freedom, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Harper Lee, Media News

Harper Lee is being awarded America's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, for her outstanding contribution to literature. Her o...

Read Whole Story