White House Names 6 for Medal of Freedom

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White House Names 6 for Medal of Freedom


By DAVID STOUT
Published: June 12, 2008

WASHINGTON — Gen. Peter Pace, who was denied a second term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff a year ago because of the war in Iraq, will receive a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award, the White House announced on Wednesday.

General Pace, a retired marine, is one of six medal recipients who will be honored by President Bush on June 19, the White House said. Two Democrats are among the six. Donna E. Shalala, president of the University of Miami in Florida and a former president of Hunter College who was secretary of health and human services under President Bill Clinton, is one. The other is the late Representative Tom Lantos of California, a Hungarian-born Jew who was the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress and was widely known as a human rights champion. Mr. Lantos died on Feb. 11.


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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/washington/12medal.html?ref=washington

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3. I know!! n/t

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2. ahmed chalibi ??

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4. Chalabi has already gotten his reward$, I'm $ure.