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President Joe Biden on Thursday presented the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people, including gymnast Simone Biles, the late John McCain, the Arizona Republican whom Biden served with in the Senate, and gun-control advocate Gabby Giffords.
I don't know how you're going to find room. >> reporter: u.s. women's soccer star megan rapinoe. biden honoring her work fighting for equal pay. >> megan is a champion for essential american truth that everyone -- everyone is entitled to be treated with dignity and respect. everyone. >> reporter: also honored, freedom rider diane nash and civil rights attorney fred gray. >> because of her, lives will be saved and america will be safer. >> reporter: and former democratic congresswoman gabby giffords, a victim of gun violence, for her work on gun control. the president honoring even some republi...
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Sister Simone Campbell, a longtime advocate for economic justice and health care...
President Joe Biden has presented the nation's highest civilian honor to 17 people, including gymnast Simone Biles, actor Denzel Washington and the late Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain.
President Biden awards Medal of Freedom to Simone Biles, Denzel Washington, John McCain and 14 others