Franks, Tenet, Bremer receive Medal of Freedom
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TONY EASTLEY: While Iraq struggles with security concerns just over a month out from elections, three principal players in American policy on Iraq have received their country&#39;s highest civilian honour, the medal of freedom.
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The country's most unusual war heroes -- including glow worms, elephants and monkeys -- will be honoured today for their devotion to duty under fire.
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Servicemen and women who gave their lives fighting for Britain are being remembered across the country in Armistice Day ceremonies.
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President Bush today bestowed the nationâs highest civilian award on ten people from widely different backgrounds.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday awarded America&#39;s highest civilian honor to three key players from his Iraq team: ex-CIA chief George Tenet, former Iraq chief L. Paul Bremer and Gen.
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Little Rock, Ark. -- In honor of the first Democrat to win two terms since Franklin D. Roosevelt, members of many of the nation&#39;s past and present first families celebrated the life and political talents of
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In honor of the first Democrat to win two terms as president since Franklin D. Roosevelt, members of many of the nation&#39;s past and present first families
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Wounded and locked in a harrowing gunfight deep in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountains, Navy SEAL Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew G. Axelson laid down covering fire so a teammate could escape -- an act of heroism for which Axelson was yesterday posthumously awarded the Navy Cross, the service's...
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Last summer, Justin Gatlin and Joanna Hayes thrilled us with their gold medal performances at the Olympics. Yesterday, these two American athletes were honored when the Olympic committee awarded them both the prestigious Jesse Owens award.
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The first Medal of Honor awarded for combat in Afghanistan will be presented Monday to the family of a Navy SEAL from Long Island, N.Y, who gave his life to make a radio call for help for his team.
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In a White House ceremony this morning, President Bush awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, to 10 distinguished Americans, calling them "some of the finest citizens the Almighty has ever produced."
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When U.S. forces under Gen. George Patton cut across the base of the Brittany peninsula in August 1944, Military Police units were assigned to guard the German prisoners.
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Bluesman B.B. King, who picked cotton  before picking up a guitar, and John "Buck" O'Neil, the  grandson of a slave who became Major League Baseball's first  black coach, are among this year's Presidential Medal of  Freedom recipients, the White House said on Thursday.
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President Bush announced yesterday the recipients of this year's Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award.
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AP Wire . 10/22/2004 . Late WWII POW Honored With Medal in Ark. A four-part series on the people who make up the homeless population in Duluth.
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It's not just cyclist Lance Armstrong, baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson and other heroes of sport the Smithsonian Institution is celebrating.
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For US military athletes the Games are a chance to pay tribute to those still in harm's way.