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President Bush Honors Medal of Freedom Recipients
President George W. Bush awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to civil rights activist Benjamin Hooks as his wife Frances Hooks stands by during a ceremony Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, in the East Room. "The nation best remembers Benjamin Hooks as the leader of the NAACP. For 15 years, Dr. Hooks was a calm yet forceful voice for fairness, opportunity, and personal responsibility. He never tired or faltered in demanding that our nation live up to its founding ideals of liberty and equality," said the President. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to civil rights activist Benjamin Hooks as his wife Frances Hooks stands by during a ceremony Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, in the East Room. "The nation best remembers Benjamin Hooks as the leader of the NAACP. For 15 years, Dr. Hooks was a calm yet forceful voice for fairness, opportunity, and personal responsibility. He never tired or faltered in demanding that our nation live up to its founding ideals of liberty and equality," said the President. White House photo by Eric Draper Full Story
Mrs. Laura Bush hosts a tea for Mrs. Emine Erdogan, wife of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, in the Yellow Oval Room within the private residence of the White House. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
President George W. Bush stands with members of the U.S. Walker Cup in the Oval Office during their visit Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, to the White House. Named for the President's great grandfather, George Herbert Walker -- President of the United States Golf Association in 1920 -- the team defeated Great Britain and Ireland this past September to win the 41st Cup match. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf during a ceremony Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, in the East Room. "When free elections returned to Liberia, the voters made history," said President Bush. "They chose her to be the first woman ever elected to lead a nation on the continent of Africa." White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to author Harper Lee during a ceremony Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, in the East Room. "To Kill a Mockingbird has influenced the character of our country for the better. It's been a gift to the entire world. As a model of good writing and humane sensibility, this book will be read and studied forever," said the President about Harper Lee's work. White House photo by Eric Draper
Mrs. Laura Bush tours the exhibit, “Earl Cunningham’s America,” with Director Dr. Betsy Broun, left, and Senior Curator Virginia Mecklenburg, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, in Washington, D.C. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
President George W. Bush awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to civil rights activist Benjamin Hooks as his wife Frances Hooks stands by during a ceremony Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, in the East Room. "The nation best remembers Benjamin Hooks as the leader of the NAACP. For 15 years, Dr. Hooks was a calm yet forceful voice for fairness, opportunity, and personal responsibility. He never tired or faltered in demanding that our nation live up to its founding ideals of liberty and equality," said the President. White House photo by Eric Draper
Robert Hyde accepts the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush on behalf of his father U.S. Representative Henry Hyde, R-Ill., during a ceremony Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, in the East Room. "Colleagues were struck by his extraordinary intellect, his deep convictions, and eloquent voice," said the President. "In committee and in the House chamber, the background noise would stop when Henry Hyde had the floor." White House photo by Eric Draper
Mrs. Laura Bush tours the exhibit, “Earl Cunningham’s America,” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, in Washington, D.C. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
President George W. Bush presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Yan Valdes Morejon and Winnie Biscet in honor of their father Oscar Elias Biscet during a ceremony Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, in the East Room. "Oscar Biscet is a healer -- known to 11 million Cubans as a physician, a community organizer, and an advocate for human rights," said the President about the imprisoned physician. "The international community agrees that Dr. Biscet's imprisonment is unjust, yet the regime has refused every call for his release." White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
President George W. Bush awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to physician Francis S. Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, in the East Room Nov. 5, 2007. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to economist and Nobel Laureate Gary S. Becker Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, in the East Room. "His pioneering analysis of the interaction between economics and such diverse topics as education, demography, and family organization has earned him worldwide respect and a Nobel Prize," said the President. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush meets with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, in the Oval Office. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
President George W. Bush congratulates C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb and his wife Victoria during the presentation of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, in the East Room. "For nearly 30 years, the proceedings of the House of Representatives have been televised -- unfiltered, uninterrupted, unedited, and live," said the President. "For this we can thank the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network, or C-SPAN. And for C-SPAN, we can thank a visionary American named Brian Lamb." White House photo by Eric Draper
 
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