Photos: Obama awards Presidential Medal of Freedom

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PHOTOS: Obama awards Presidential Medal of Freedom

Nov. 20, 2013: Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony

Presidential Medal of Freedom honorees Cordy Tindell, C.T. Vivian, left, and Oprah Winfrey talk before President Barack Obama speaks at a dinner in honor of the Presidential Medal of Freedom awardees.

Jack Schlossberg, grandson of President John F. Kennedy, introduces President Barack Obama during a dinner in honor of the Presidential Medal of Freedom awardees at the Smithsonian Museum of American History on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013 in Washington.

Former President Bill Clinton (L) and current U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talk before a dinner in honor of Presidential Medal of Freedom awardees.

Bill Clinton talks to attendees at a dinner in honor of Presidential Medal of Freedom awardees at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington. He received his medal earlier in the day.

Barack Obama smiles as he takes the stage to make remarks at a dinner in honor of Presidential Medal of Freedom awardees.

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama sit with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former U.S. President Bill Clinton at a dinner in honor of Presidential Medal of Freedom awardees.

U.S. President Barack Obama is greeted by Jack Schlossberg, grandson of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, as Obama takes the stage for remarks at a dinner in honor of Presidential Medal of Freedom awardees at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington on Nov. 20, 2013.

President Barack Obama greets former President Bill Clinton in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, before awarding him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

President Barack Obama, far right, and first lady Michelle Obama walk to a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony at the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Oprah Winfrey listens in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, during a ceremony where President Barack Obama awarded Presidential Medals of Freedom. Winfrey and others were recipients of the medals. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Oprah Winfrey gestures as she leaves a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, where President Barack Obama awarded her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Women's rights activist Gloria Steinem, left, gestures toward Oprah Winfrey, as Oprah gives a "thumbs up" after Steinem during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, where President Barack Obama awarded Presidential Medal of Freedoms. At center is fellow recipient judge Patricia Wald. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Former President Bill Clinton applauds at left as President Barack Obama awards to Oprah Winfrey the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

President Barack Obama shares a laugh with Oprah Winfrey in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, before awarding her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, talks with filmmaker Steven Spielberg in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, prior to the start of a ceremony where President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, her daughter Chelsea Clinton, and Chelsea's husband Marc Mezvinsky, arrive in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, for a ceremony where President Barack Obama awarded former President Bill Clinton, and others, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Barack Obama, right, stands with former President Bill Clinton before awarding him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013 in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

President Barack Obama awards judge Patricia Wald with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

President Barack Obama, Ben Bradlee, former executive editor of The Washington Post, front row left, and others, applaud former President Bill Clinton, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, during Presidential Medal of Freedom award ceremony. Back row, from left are, Irene Hirano, who accepted a posthumous award for her husband the late Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, psychologist Daniel Kahneman, former Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar country music legend Loretta Lynn, and chemist Mario Molina. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

U.S. President Barack Obama is pictured with Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Oprah Winfrey at the White House in Washington, November 20, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed

U.S. President Barack Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Oprah Winfrey in the East Room at the White House on Nov. 20, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)

Oprah Winfrey reacts as U.S. President Barack Obama introduces her during a presentation ceremony for the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the East Room at the White House on Nov. 20, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)

Oprah Winfrey reacts as U.S. President Barack Obama introduces her during a presentation ceremony for the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the East Room at the White House on Nov. 20, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)

Oprah Winfrey reacts as U.S. President Barack Obama introduces her during a presentation ceremony for the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the East Room at the White House on Nov. 20, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)

U.S. President Barack Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Ben Bradlee, former Executive Editor of the Washington Post, in the East Room at the White House on Nov. 20, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)

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Presidential Medal of Freedom honorees Cordy Tindell, C.T. Vivian, left, and Oprah Winfrey talk before President Barack Obama speaks at a dinner in honor of the Presidential Medal of Freedom awardees.

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