Baku-APA. U.S. President Barack Obama is to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to luminaries including former president Bill Clinton, talk show hostess Oprah Winfrey, as well as posthumously to former senator Daniel Inouye and first female astronaut of the country Sally Ride, the White House said Wednesday, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
According to a White House statement, the recipients of this year's award will also include Ben Bradlee, the executive editor of The Washington Post in the Watergate era, as well as Ernie Banks, one of the greatest baseball players in the country, former senator Richard Lugar, as well as scientists, rights advocates and musicians and sports stars.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is America's highest civilian honor, along with the comparable Congressional Gold Medal bestowed by the Congress, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.
The award ceremony is to take place at the White House on Nov. 20.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the executive order signed by former president John F. Kennedy establishing the Presidential Medal of Freedom, as well as the first ceremony bestowing the honor on an inaugural class of 31 recipients.
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