Obama Honors Sixteen With Congressional Medal Of Freedom(Stuart Milk)

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) presents the Medal of Freedom to Stuart Milk on behalf of her uncle, Harvey Bernard Milk, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House August 12, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama presented the medal, the highest civilian honor in the United States, to 16 recipients during the ceremony.

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