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  • Good morning! (Applause.) Good morning, everybody! Everybody, please have a seat. Have a seat.

  • Well, on behalf of Michelle and myself, welcome to the White House. This is one of my favorite

  • events every year, especially special this year, as I look at this extraordinary group

  • of individuals and our opportunity to honor them with our nation's highest civilian honor

  • -- the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

  • And this year, it's just a little more special because this marks the 50th anniversary of

  • President Kennedy establishing this award. We're honored, by the way, today to have with

  • us one of my favorite people -- Ethel Kennedy -- and a pretty good basketball player, President

  • Kennedy's grandson, Jack. (Applause.)

  • This medal has been bestowed on more than 500 deserving people. Tonight, I'm looking

  • forward to joining some of these honorees, as well as members of the Kennedy family,

  • as we pay tribute to these 50 years of excellence. And this morning, we're honored to add 16

  • new names to this distinguished list.

  • Today, we salute fierce competitors who became true champions. In the sweltering heat of

  • a Chicago summer, Ernie Banks walked into the Cubs locker room and didn't like what

  • he saw. "Everybody was sitting around, heads down, depressed," he recalled. So Ernie piped

  • up and said, "Boy, what a great day! Let's play two!" (Laughter.) That's "Mr. Cub" -- a

  • man who came up through the Negro Leagues, making $7 a day, and became the first black

  • player to suit up for the Cubs and one of the greatest hitters of all time. And in the

  • process, Ernie became known as much for his 512 home runs as for his cheer and his optimism

  • and his eternal faith that someday the Cubs would go all the way. (Laughter.)

  • And that's serious belief. (Laughter.) That is something that even a White Sox fan like

  • me can respect. (Laughter.) But he is just a wonderful man and a great icon of my hometown.

  • Speaking of sports, Dean Smith is one of the winningest coaches in college basketball history,

  • but his successes go far beyond Xs and Os. Even as he won 78 percent of his games, he

  • graduated 96 percent of his players. The first coach to use multiple defenses in a game,

  • he was the pioneer who popularized the idea of "pointing to the passer" -- after a basket,

  • players should point to the teammate who passed them the ball. And with his first national

  • title on the line, he did have the good sense to give the ball to a 19-year-old kid named

  • Michael Jordan. (Laughter.) Although they used to joke that the only person who ever

  • held Michael under 20 was Dean Smith. (Laughter.)

  • While Coach Smith couldn't join us today due to an illness that he's facing with extraordinary

  • courage, we also honor his courage in helping to change our country -- he recruited the

  • first black scholarship athlete to North Carolina and helped to integrate a restaurant and a

  • neighborhood in Chapel Hill. That's the kind of character that he represented on and off

  • the court.

  • We salute innovators who pushed the limits of science, changing how we see the world

  • -- and ourselves. And growing up, Sally Ride read about the space program in the newspaper

  • almost every day, and she thought this was "the coolest thing around." When she was a

  • PhD candidate at Stanford she saw an ad for astronauts in the student newspaper and she

  • seized the opportunity. As the first American woman in space, Sally didn't just break the

  • stratospheric glass ceiling, she blasted through it. And when she came back to Earth, she devoted

  • her life to helping girls excel in fields like math, science and engineering. "Young

  • girls need to see role models," she said, "you can't be what you can't see." Today,

  • our daughters -- including Malia and Sasha -- can set their sights a little bit higher

  • because Sally Ride showed them the way.

  • Now, all of us have moments when we look back and wonder, "What the heck was I thinking?"

  • I have that -- (laughter) -- quite a bit. Psychologist Daniel Kahneman has made that

  • simple question his life's work. In a storied career in Israel and America, he basically

  • invented the study of human decision-making. He's helped us to understand everything from

  • behavioral economics to "Does living in California make people happy?" It's an interesting question.

  • He's also been called an expert on irrational behavior -- so I'm sure that he could shed

  • some light on Washington. (Laughter.)

  • But what truly sets Daniel apart is his curiosity. Guided by his belief that people are "endlessly

  • complicated and interesting," at 79 he's still discovering new insights into how we think

  • and learn, not just so we understand each other, but so we can work and live together

  • more effectively.

  • Dr. Mario Molina's love of science started as a young boy in Mexico City, in a homemade

  • laboratory in a bathroom at home. And that passion for discovery led Mario to become

  • one of the most respected chemists of his era. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

  • -- or the Nobel Prize, rather, not only for his path-breaking research, but also for his

  • insistence that when we ignore dangerous carbon emissions we risk destroying the ozone layer

  • and endangering our planet. And thanks to Mario's work, the world came together to address

  • a common threat, and today, inspired by his example, we're working to leave our planet

  • safer and cleaner for future generations.

  • We also have to salute musicians, who bring such joy to our lives. Loretta Lynn was 19

  • the first time she won the big -- she won big at the local fair. Her canned vegetables

  • brought home 17 blue ribbons -- (laughter) -- and made her "Canner of the Year." (Laughter.)

  • Now, that's impressive. (Laughter.)

  • For a girl from Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, that was fame. Fortunately for all of us,

  • she decided to try her hand at things other than canning. Her first guitar cost $17, and

  • with it this coal miner's daughter gave voice to a generation, singing what no one wanted

  • to talk about and saying what no one wanted to think about. And now, over 50 years after

  • she cut her first record -- and canned her first vegetables -- (laughter) -- Loretta

  • Lynn still reigns as the rule-breaking, record-setting queen of country music.

  • As a young man in Cuba, Arturo Sandoval loved jazz so much it landed him in jail. It was

  • the Cold War, and the only radio station where he could hear jazz was the Voice of America,

  • which was dangerous to listen to. But Arturo listened anyway. Later, he defected to the

  • United States knowing he might never see his parents or beloved homeland again. "Without

  • freedom," he said, "there is no life." And today, Arturo is an American citizen and one

  • of the most celebrated trumpet players in the world. "There isn't any place on Earth

  • where the people don't know about jazz," he says, and that's true in part because musicians

  • like him have sacrificed so much to play it.

  • We salute pioneers who pushed our nation towards greater justice and equality. A Baptist minister,

  • C.T. Vivian was one of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s closest advisors. "Martin taught us,"

  • he says, "that it's in the action that we find out who we really are." And time and

  • again, Reverend Vivian was among the first to be in the action: In 1947, joining a sit-in

  • to integrate an Illinois restaurant; one of the first Freedom Riders; in Selma, on the

  • courthouse steps to register blacks to vote, for which he was beaten, bloodied and jailed.

  • Rosa Parks said of him, "Even after things had supposedly been taken care of and we had

  • our rights, he was still out there, inspiring the next generation, including me," helping

  • kids go to college with a program that would become Upward Bound. And at 89 years old,

  • Reverend Vivian is still out there, still in the action, pushing us closer to our founding

  • ideals.

  • Now, early in the morning the day of the March on Washington, the National Mall was far from

  • full and some in the press were beginning to wonder if the event would be a failure.

  • But the march's chief organizer, Bayard Rustin, didn't panic. As the story goes, he looked

  • down at a piece of paper, looked back up, and reassured reporters that everything was

  • right on schedule. The only thing those reporters didn't know was that the paper he was holding

  • was blank. (Laughter.) He didn't know how it was going to work out, but Bayard had an

  • unshakable optimism, nerves of steel, and, most importantly, a faith that if the cause

  • is just and people are organized, nothing can stand in our way.

  • So, for decades, this great leader, often at Dr. King's side, was denied his rightful

  • place in history because he was openly gay. No medal can change that, but today, we honor

  • Bayard Rustin's memory by taking our place in his march towards true equality, no matter

  • who we are or who we love. (Applause.)

  • Speaking of game-changers, disrupters, there was a young girl names Gloria Steinem who

  • arrived in New York to make her mark as a journalist, and magazines only wanted to write

  • articles like "How to Cook without Really Cooking for Men." (Laughter.) Gloria noticed

  • things like that. (Laughter.) She's been called a "champion noticer." She's alert to all the

  • ways, large and small, that women had been and, in some cases, continue to be treated

  • unfairly just because they're women.

  • As a writer, a speaker, an activist, she awakened a vast and often skeptical public to problems

  • like domestic violence, the lack of affordable child care, unfair hiring practices. And because

  • of her work, across America and around the world, more women are afforded the respect

  • and opportunities that they deserve. But she also changed how women thought about themselves.

  • And Gloria continues to pour her heart into teaching and mentoring. Her one piece of advice

  • to young girls is -- I love this -- "Do not listen to my advice. Listen to the voice inside

  • you and follow that."

  • When Patricia Wald's law firm asked if she'd come back after having her first child, she

  • said she'd like some time off to focus on her family -- devoted almost 10 years to raising

  • five children. But Patricia never lost the itch to practice law. So while her husband

  • watched the kids at home, she'd hit the library on weekends. At the age 40, she went back

  • to the courtroom to show the "young kids" a thing or two. As the first female judge

  • on the D.C. Circuit, Patricia was a top candidate for Attorney General. After leaving the bench,

  • her idea of retirement was to go to The Hague to preside over the trials of war criminals.

  • Patricia says she hopes enough women will become judges that "it's not worth celebrating"

  • anymore. But today, we celebrate her. And along with Gloria, she shows there are all

  • kinds of paths listening to your own voice. We salute communicators who shined a light

  • on stories no one else was telling. A veteran of World War II and more than a dozen Pacific

  • battles, Ben Bradlee brought the same intensity and dedication to journalism. Since joining

  • The Washington Post 65 years ago, he transformed that newspaper into one of the finest in the

  • world. With Ben in charge, the Post published the Pentagon Papers, revealing the true history

  • of America's involvement in Vietnam; exposed Watergate; unleashed a new era of investigative

  • journalism, holding America's leaders accountable and reminding us that our freedom as a nation

  • rests on our freedom of the press. When Ben retired, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan put

  • the admiration of many into a poem: "O rare Ben Bradlee/His reign has ceased/But his nation

  • stands/Its strength increased."

  • And I also indicated to Ben he can pull off those shirts and I can't. (Laughter.) He always

  • looks so cool in them. (Laughter.) Early in Oprah Winfrey's career, her bosses

  • told her she should change her name to Susie. (Laughter.) I have to pause here to say I

  • got the same advice. (Laughter and applause.) They didn't say I should be named "Susie,"

  • but they suggested I should change my name. (Laughter.) People can relate to Susie, that's

  • what they said. It turned out, surprisingly, that people could relate to Oprah just fine.

  • In more than 4,500 episodes of her show, her message was always, "You can." "You can do

  • and you can be and you can grow and it can be better." And she was living proof, rising

  • from a childhood of poverty and abuse to the pinnacle of the entertainment universe. But

  • even with 40 Emmys, the distinction of being the first black female billionaire, Oprah's

  • greatest strength has always been her ability to help us discover the best in ourselves.

  • Michelle and I count ourselves among her many devoted fans and friends. As one of those

  • fans wrote, "I didn't know I had a light in me until Oprah told me it was there." What

  • a great gift. And, finally, we salute public servants who've

  • strengthened our nation. Daniel Inouye was a humble man and didn't wear his Medal of

  • Honor very often. Instead, he liked to wear a pin representing the Good Conduct Medal

  • he earned as a teenage private. "To behave yourself takes special effort," he said, "and

  • I did not want to dishonor my family." Danny always honored his family and his country,

  • even when his country didn't always honor him.

  • After being classified as an "enemy alien," Danny joined a Japanese American unit that

  • became one of the most decorated in World War II. And as the second-longest serving

  • senator in American history, he showed a generation of young people -- including one kid with

  • a funny name growing up in Hawaii who noticed that there was somebody during some of those

  • hearings in Washington that didn't look like everybody else, which meant maybe I had a

  • chance to do something important, too. He taught all of us that no matter what you look

  • like or where you come from, this country has a place for everybody who's willing to

  • serve and work hard. A proud Hoosier, Dick Lugar has served America

  • for more than half a century, from a young Navy lieutenant to a respected leader in the

  • United States Senate. I'll always be thankful to Dick for taking me -- a new, junior senator

  • -- under his wing, including travels together to review some of his visionary work, the

  • destruction of Cold War arsenals in the former Soviet Union -- something that doesn't get

  • a lot of public notice, but was absolutely critical to making us safer in the wake of

  • the Cold War. Now, I should say, traveling with Dick you

  • get close to unexploded landmines, mortar shells, test tubes filled with anthrax and

  • the plague. (Laughter.) His legacy, though, is the thousands of missiles and bombers and

  • submarines and warheads that no longer threaten us because of his extraordinary work. And

  • our nation and our world are safer because of this statesman. And in a time of unrelenting

  • partisanship, Dick Lugar's decency, his commitment to bipartisan problem-solving, stand as a

  • model of what public service ought to be. Now, last, but never least, we honor a leader

  • who we still remember with such extraordinary fondness. He still remembers as a child waving

  • goodbye to his mom -- tears in her eyes -- as she went off to nursing school so she could

  • provide for her family. And I think lifting up families like his own became the story

  • of Bill Clinton's life. He remembered what his mom had to do on behalf of him and he

  • wanted to make sure that he made life better and easier for so many people all across the

  • country that were struggling in those same ways and had those same hopes and dreams.

  • So as a governor, he transformed education so more kids could pursue those dreams. As

  • President, he proved that, with the right choices, you could grow the economy, lift

  • people out of poverty. We could shrink our deficits and still invest in our families,

  • our health, our schools, science, technology. In other words, we can go farther when we

  • look out for each other.

  • And as we've all seen, as President, he was just getting started. He doesn't stop. He's

  • helped lead relief efforts after the Asian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, the Haiti earthquake.

  • His foundation and global initiative have helped to save or improve the lives of literally

  • hundreds of millions of people. And, of course, I am most grateful for his patience during

  • the endless travels of my Secretary of State. (Laughter.)

  • So I'm grateful, Bill, as well for the advice and counsel that you've offered me on and

  • off the golf course. (Laughter.) And most importantly, for your lifesaving work around

  • the world, which represents what's the very best in America. So thank you so much, President

  • Clinton. (Applause.)

  • So these are the recipients of the 2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom. These are the men and women

  • who in their extraordinary lives remind us all of the beauty of the human spirit, the

  • values that define us as Americans, the potential that lives inside of all of us. I could not

  • be more happy and more honored to participate in this ceremony here today.

  • With that, what I would like to do is invite our honorees to just sit there and let all

  • of us stand and give you a big round of applause. (Applause.)

  • I guess we should actually give them the medals, though. (Laughter.) Where are my -- here we

  • go. Lee, you want to hit it?

  • MILITARY AIDE: Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients.

  • Ernie Banks. (Applause.) With an unmatched enthusiasm for America's pastime, Ernie Banks

  • slugged, sprinted and smiled his way into the record books. Known to fans as "Mr. Cub,"

  • he played an extraordinary 19 seasons with the Chicago Cubs, during which he was named

  • to 11 All-Star teams, hit over 500 home runs, and won back-to-back Most Valuable Player

  • honors. Ernie Banks was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977, and he will forever

  • be known as one of the finest power hitters and most dynamic players of all time. (Applause.)

  • Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee. (Applause.) A titan of journalism, Benjamin Crowninshield

  • Bradlee is one of the most respected newsmen of his generation. After serving our nation

  • in World War II, Ben Bradlee went on to defend liberty here at home. Testing the limits of

  • a free press during his tenure as executive editor of The Washington Post, he oversaw

  • coverage of the Watergate scandal and successfully challenged the federal government over the

  • right to publish the Pentagon Papers. His passion for accuracy and unyielding pursuit

  • of truth continue to set the standard for journalism. (Applause.)

  • The Honorable William J. Clinton. (Applause.) Among the finest public servants of our time,

  • President William J. Clinton argued cases for the people of Arkansas, served his state

  • in the Governor's Mansion, and guided our nation into a new century. As the 42nd President

  • of the United States, Bill Clinton oversaw an era of challenge and change, prosperity

  • and progress. His work after leaving public office continues to reflect his passionate,

  • unending commitment to improving the lives and livelihoods of people around the world.

  • In responding to needs both at home and abroad, and as founder of the Clinton Foundation,

  • he has shown that through creative cooperation among women and men of goodwill, we can solve

  • even the most intractable problems. (Applause.)

  • Irene Hirano Inouye, accepting on behalf of her husband, the Honorable Daniel K. Inouye.

  • (Applause.) A true patriot and dedicated public servant, Daniel K. Inouye understood the power

  • of leaders when united in common purpose to protect and promote the tenets we cherish

  • as Americans. As a member of the revered 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Daniel Inouye helped

  • free Europe from the grasp of tyranny during World War II, for which he received the Medal

  • of Honor. Representing the people of Hawaii from the moment the islands joined the Union,

  • he never lost sight of the ideals that bind us across the 50 states. Senator Inouye's

  • reason and resolve helped make our country what it is today, and for that, we honor him.

  • (Applause.)

  • Dr. Daniel Kahneman. (Applause.) Daniel Kahneman's groundbreaking work earned him a Nobel Prize

  • in Economic Sciences for his research developing prospect theory. After escaping from Nazi-occupied

  • France as a young boy and later joining the Israel Defense Forces, Dr. Kahneman grew interested

  • in understanding the origins of people's beliefs. Combining psychology and economic analysis,

  • and working alongside Dr. Amos Tversky, Dr. Kahneman used simple experiments to demonstrate

  • how people make decisions under uncertain circumstances, and he forever changed the

  • way we view human judgment. (Applause.)

  • The Honorable Richard G. Lugar. (Applause.) Representing the State of Indiana for over

  • three decades in the United States Senate, Richard G. Lugar put country above party and

  • self to forge bipartisan consensus. Throughout his time in the Senate, he offered effective

  • solutions to our national and international problems, advocating for the control of nuclear

  • arms and other weapons of mass destruction. Working with Senator Sam Nunn, Richard Lugar

  • established the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, one of our country's most

  • successful national security initiatives, helping to sustain American leadership and

  • engage nations in collaboration after decades of confrontation. He remains a strong voice

  • on foreign policy issues, and his informed perspective will have broad influence for

  • years to come. (Applause.)

  • Loretta Lynn. (Applause.) Born a coal miner's daughter, Loretta Lynn has followed a bold

  • path to become a legend in country music. A singer, songwriter, and author, she has

  • written dozens of chart-topping songs, released scores of albums, and won numerous accolades.

  • Breaking barriers in country music and entertainment, she opened doors for women not only by winning

  • tremendous achievements, but also by raising issues few dared to discuss. Fearlessly telling

  • her own stories with candor and humor, Loretta Lynn has brought a strong female voice to

  • mainstream music, captured the emotions of women and men alike, and revealed the common

  • truths about life as it is lived. (Applause.)

  • Dr. Mario Molina. (Applause.) The curiosity and creativity that inspired Mario Molina

  • to convert his family's bathroom into a laboratory as a child have driven him through decades

  • of scientific research. Born in Mexico, Dr. Molina's passion for chemistry brought him

  • to the United States, where his investigations of chlorofluorocarbons led to breakthroughs

  • in our understanding of how they deplete the ozone layer. The impact of his discoveries

  • extends far beyond his field, affecting environmental policy and fostering international awareness,

  • as well as earning him the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Today, Dr. Molina remains a

  • global leader, continuing to study air quality, climate change, and the environment that connects

  • us all. (Applause.)

  • Tam O'Shaughnessy accepting on behalf of her life partner, Dr. Sally K. Ride. (Applause.)

  • Thirty years ago, Dr. Sally K. Ride soared into space as the youngest American and first

  • woman to wear the Stars and Stripes above Earth's atmosphere. As an astronaut, she sought

  • to keep America at the forefront of space exploration. As a role model, she fought tirelessly

  • to inspire young people -- especially girls -- to become scientifically literate and to

  • pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. At the end of her life, she became

  • an inspiration for those battling pancreatic cancer, and for the lesbian, gay, bisexual,

  • and transgender community. The tale of a quiet hero, Sally Ride's story demonstrates that

  • the sky is no limit for those who dream of reaching for the stars. (Applause.)

  • Walter Naegle accepting on behalf of his partner, Bayard Rustin. (Applause.) Bayard Rustin was

  • a giant in the American Civil Rights Movement. Openly gay at a time when many had to hide

  • who they loved, his unwavering belief that we are all equal members of a "single human

  • family" took him from his first Freedom Ride to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender

  • rights movement. Thanks to his unparalleled skills as an organizer, progress that once

  • seemed impossible appears, in retrospect, to have been inevitable. Fifty years after

  • the March on Washington he organized, America honors Bayard Rustin as one of its greatest

  • architects for social change and a fearless advocate for its most vulnerable citizens.

  • (Applause.)

  • Arturo Sandoval. (Applause.) Arturo Sandoval is one of the world's finest jazz musicians.

  • Born into poverty in Cuba and held back by his government, he risked everything to share

  • his gifts with the world -- eventually defecting with help from Dizzy Gillespie, his mentor

  • and friend. In the decades since, this astonishing trumpeter, pianist, and composer has inspired

  • audiences in every corner of the world and awakened a new generation of great performers.

  • He remains one of the best ever to play. (Applause.)

  • Linnea Smith, accepting on behalf of her husband, Dean E. Smith. (Applause.) Dean E. Smith spent

  • 36 seasons taking college basketball to new heights. As head coach at the University of

  • North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he led his team to 11 Final Fours, two national titles,

  • and 879 victories, retiring as the winningest men's college basketball coach in history.

  • Dean Smith brought the same commitment to supporting his players off the court. He helped

  • more than 96 percent of his lettermen graduate. And in an era of deep division, he taught

  • players to overcome bigotry with courage and compassion. He will forever stand as one of

  • the greatest coaches in college basketball history. (Applause.)

  • Gloria Steiner. (Applause.) A trailblazing writer and feminist organizer, Gloria Steinem

  • has been at the forefront of the fight for equality and social justice for more than

  • four decades. Instrumental to a broad range of initiatives and issues, from establishing

  • Ms. Magazine and Take Our Daughters to Work Day, to pushing for women's self-empowerment

  • and an end to sex trafficking. She has promoted lasting political and social change in America

  • and abroad. Through her reporting and speaking, she has shaped debates on the intersection

  • of sex and race, brought critical problems to national attention, and forged new opportunities

  • for women in media. Gloria Steinem continues to move us all to take up the cause of reaching

  • for a more just tomorrow. (Applause.)

  • Reverend C.T. Vivian. (Applause.) Equipped only with courage and an overwhelming commitment

  • to social justice, the Reverend C.T. Vivian was a stalwart activist on the march toward

  • racial equality. Whether at a lunch counter, on a Freedom Ride, or behind the bars of a

  • prison cell, he was unafraid to take bold action in the face of fierce resistance. By

  • pushing change through nonviolent demonstration and advocacy, C.T. Vivian established and

  • led numerous organizations to support underserved individuals and communities. His legacy of

  • combating injustice will shine as an example for generations to come. (Applause.)

  • Patricia McGowan Wald. (Applause.) Patricia McGowan Wald made history as the first woman

  • appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Rising

  • to Chief Judge of the Court, she always strove to better understand the law and fairly apply

  • it. After leaving federal service, Judge Wald helped institute standards for justice and

  • the rule of law at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The

  • Hague. Hailed as a model judge, she laid a foundation for countless women within the

  • legal profession and helped unveil the humanity within the law. (Applause.)

  • Oprah G. Winfrey. (Applause.) Oprah G. Winfrey is a global media icon. When she launched

  • The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1986, there were few women -- and even fewer women of color

  • -- with a national platform to discuss the issues and events shaping our times. But over

  • the 25 years that followed, Oprah Winfrey's innate gift for tapping into our most fervent

  • hopes and deepest fears drew millions of viewers across every background, making her show the

  • highest-rated talk show in television history. Off screen, Oprah Winfrey has used her influence

  • to support underserved communities and to lift up the lives of young people -- especially

  • young women -- around the world. In her story, we are reminded that no dream can be deferred

  • when we refuse to let life's obstacles keep us down. (Applause.)

  • THE PRESIDENT: The Medal of Freedom honorees -- please. (Applause.)

  • Well, that concludes the formal part of today's ceremony. I want to thank all of you for being

  • here. Obviously, we are deeply indebted to those who we honor here today. And we're going

  • to have an opportunity to take some pictures with the honorees and their family members.

  • The rest of you, I understand the food here is pretty good. (Laughter.) So I hope you

  • enjoy the reception, and I hope we carry away from this a reminder of what JFK understood

  • to be the essence of the American spirit -- that it's represented here. And some of us may

  • be less talented, but we all have the opportunity to serve and to open people's hearts and minds

  • in our smaller orbits. So I hope everybody has been as inspired, as I have been, participating

  • and being with these people here today.

  • Thank you very much, everybody. (Applause.)

Good morning! (Applause.) Good morning, everybody! Everybody, please have a seat. Have a seat.

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