Biden to award Presidential Medal of Freedom to recipients including Nancy Pelosi and Michelle Yeoh
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday will award 19 high-profile politicians, activists and others the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is the country's highest civilian honor, the White House announced.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday will award 19 high-profile politicians, activists and others the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is the country's highest civilian honor, the White House announced.
The list of recipients includes an award-winning actor, Olympians and a former vice president.
"President Biden often says there is nothing beyond our capacity when we act together," the White House said in a news release announcing the recipients. "These nineteen Americans built teams, coalitions, movements, organizations, and businesses that shaped America for the better."
Biden will present the awards at the White House.
The recipients include political powerhouses such as Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., whose House speakership overlapped with the first two years of Biden's presidency; former Vice President Al Gore, also a Democrat; Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., whose 2020 endorsement of Biden is often credited for delivering a major boost to his campaign; and Elizabeth Dole, a former Republican senator from North Carolina and advocate for military caregivers who was the secretary of both labor and transportation.
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