President Bush presented the nation’s highest civilian award, the
Presidential Medal of Freedom, to honor 14 individuals for an especially
meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the
United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant
public or private endeavors.
The recipients were Muhammad Ali,
Carol Burnett, Aretha Franklin, Alan Greenspan, Vincent Cerf and Robert
Kahn for designing the language that led to the Internet, Jack Nicklaus,
Andy Griffith, Paul Rusesabagina for sheltering hundreds during the
Rwandan genocide, Paul Harvey, former Rep. Sonny Montgomery (D-MS),
Soviet historian Robert Conquest, retired Joint Chiefs Chairman
Gen. Richard Myers, and Hall of Fame baseball player Frank Robinson.
The ceremony was originally broadcast on November 9, 2005.
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Source: C-SPAN
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