'THANK YOU' SAYS PRESIDENT

President Obama paid tribute to 16 recipients of the Medal of Freedom Award.

High on the list were:

Harvey Milk, gay rights movement pioneer

Billie Jean King, professional tennis player

Senator Ted Kennedy

Sandra Day O'Conner, former Supreme Court Judge

Following with:

Stephen Hawking, physicist

Joe Medicine Crow, Plains Indian war chief

Janet Davidson Rowley, geneticist

Desmond Tutu, Archbishop

Nancy Goodman Brinker, breast cancer activist

Pedro Jose Greer, Jr., physician

Jack Kemp, former Congressman

Chita Rivera, actress

Sidney Poitier, actor

Muhammad Yunus, anti-poverty leader

Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland

Reverend Joseph Lowery

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