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BREAKING: Obama Honours Biden With America’s Highest Medal

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Biden receives Presidential Medal of Freedom

In a special send-off event at the State dining room in honour of his vice, Joe Biden, President Barack Obama showered praises on him, calling him a brother and loyal friend and at the ended awarded him America’s highest civilian honour, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.


Obama surprised Vice Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

The honor caught Biden and much of the world off guard. The event had been publicized as honouring Biden, but the award had not been mentioned.

“For your faith in your fellow Americans, for your love of country and for your lifetime of service that will endure through the generations, I’d like to ask the military aide to join us on stage,” Obama said in the ceremony. “For my final time as president, I am pleased to award our nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.”
Before surprising Biden with the award, Obama gave lengthy and colorful remarks praising Biden, his wife Dr. Jill Biden and his children and grandchildren.
“If you can’t admire Joe Biden as a person you’ve got a problem,” Obama said. He’s as good a man as god ever created. “.

 

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