President Barack Obama is bestowing the Presidential Medal
of Freedom on more than a dozen prominent Americans 50 years after the death of
the award's founder, President John F. Kennedy.
Obama is honoring former President Bill Clinton, Oprah
Winfrey, and leaders in sports, science and public service in a White House
ceremony on Wednesday. Obama says the recipients remind Americans of their own
potential.
Obama says the late Sally Ride, the first American woman in
space, showed America's daughters, including his own, that they can set their
sights high.
The ceremony opens a day of tributes to Kennedy ahead of the
50th anniversary of his assassination Friday. Kennedy established the modern
version of the medal but died before the first presentation.
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