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Recipients of this year's award include actor Denzel Washington, soccer star Megan Rapinoe, and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who is receiving the award posthumously.
Recipients of the nation’s highest civilian honor included the gymnast Simone Biles; John McCain, the former Republican senator from Arizona; and civil rights workers.
In a sometimes somber, sometimes jovial event Thursday, President Joe Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 17 Americans - including the late Sen. John McCain and former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords - whom he called "the soul of our nation."
Diane Nash and Fred Gray were two of 17 people awarded the nation's highest civilian honor at the White House Thursday, July 7, 2022.
By Nandita Bose and Amy Tennery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gymnastics pioneer Simone Biles and twice World Cup winner Megan Rapinoe were among 17 honorees...