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Harvey Milk to receive Medal of Freedom
citizenchris.typepad.com - 7/30/2009
Harvey Milk to receive Medal of Freedom
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The White House announced today that slain San Francisco gay rights leader Harvey Milk will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom - America's highest civilian honor. The award will be made posthumously at a ceremony on August 12. Lesbian tennis...
President Obama Names Medal of Freedom Recipients
whitehouse.gov - 7/30/2009
President Obama Names Medal of Freedom Recipients
— whitehouse.gov — President Obama today named 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom. America’s highest civilian honor,... the Medal of Freedom is awarded to individuals who make an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national ... (more) President Obama Names Medal of Freedom Recipients

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2009 Medal of Freedom Recipients
whitehouse.gov - 7/30/2009
2009 Medal of Freedom Recipients
— whitehouse.gov — The President announces the 2009 Medal of Freedom Recipients, and praises them for breaking down barriers and... lifting up their fellow citizens. (more) 2009 Medal of Freedom Recipients
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Obama to Award Medal of Freedom to 16
washingtonpost.com - 7/31/2009
Obama to Award Medal of Freedom to 16
— washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from... the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) Obama to Award Medal of Freedom to 16

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Obama Restores Credibility To The Presidential Medal Of Freedom
thinkprogress.org 7/30/2009 — The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation’s highest civil award, awarded to individuals who have contributed to: 1) the security or national interests of the United States, 2) world peace, or 3) cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. Today, President Obama ...
Barack Obama Gives Presidential Medal of Freedom To Bunch of Homosexuals, Blacks, Women & Muslims — Wonkette » top
Today, the LG-BLT crowd is finally happy with the breeder Barack Obama, because he has awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to an alive lesbian (Billie Jean King) and a dead gay man (Harvey Milk) along with many sundry black people from both Africa and (maybe?) the United States. Also: ...
Medals Of Freedom: Obama Honors Ted Kennedy, Harvey Milk And 14 Others — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 16 people, including political ally Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, tennis legend Billie Jean King and Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa. The White House announced the list of recipients Thursday.  ...
King And Milk — The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
In a transparent sop to the gay community, the White House has announced it will be posthumously awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Harvey Milk and non-posthumously awarding one to Billy Jean King as well. It's great for two openly gay Americans to be recognized in this fashion. But ...
Obama Picks 16 for Medal of Freedom — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]Wall Street Journal[/b] Physicist Stephen Hawking, Sen. Edward Kennedy, gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk, and actor Sidney Poitier are among the 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom—the highest honor given to civilians—the White House announced today. In a ...
Harvey Milk to receive Medal of Freedom from President Obama — AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth
A long overdue, but fitting tribute to an American hero. The full list, which can be found here, Senator Ted Kennedy, Billie Jean King and Stephen Hawking. In his statement, Obama said each recipient was "an agent of change." Harvey Milk sure was. So, this is another very nice gesture from the ...
Guess Who's Coming to the White House — The Page by Mark Halperin
Obama names 16 "agents of change" -- including actor Sidney Poitier, Teddy Kennedy, and Harvey Milk -- Medal of Freedom recipients. Who else made the list? Read it here.