President Kennedy’s Executive Order 11085 (February 22, 1963) re-established the Medal of Freedom as the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Barack Obama awarded 132 medals between 2009 and 2017, making the record for the Medal awarded by a President. President Obama Awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Vice President Biden Welcome to the White House, everybody. As I have already delivered my farewell address, I will try to be relatively brief. But I just wanted to get some folks together to pay tribute to somebody who has not only been by my side for the duration of this amazing...