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January 3
CNN —
President Joe Biden will award the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 19 people Saturday, recognizing a broad swathe of luminaries across politics, culture and the arts, including former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, designer Ralph Lauren, soccer superstar Lionel Messi, U2 frontman Bono and philanthropist and megadonor George Soros.
The medal is presented to people “who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors,” according to a White House statement.
Bono is the first recipient from Ireland since former President of Ireland Mary Robinson in 2009.
In a statement on Saturday, the singer said: “Rock n roll gave me my freedom … and with it the privilege to work alongside those who’ve had to fight so much harder for theirs.
“Frontmen famously hog the limelight and this huge honour is coming my way only because I was led by the dogged determination of AIDS activists, debt activists, campaigners who have dedicated the entirety of their lives to the fight for freedom from the injustice of extreme poverty. It is also because of my bandmates without whom I would never have found my voice.”
CNN —
President Joe Biden will award the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 19 people Saturday, recognizing a broad swathe of luminaries across politics, culture and the arts, including former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, designer Ralph Lauren, soccer superstar Lionel Messi, U2 frontman Bono and philanthropist and megadonor George Soros.
The medal is presented to people “who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors,” according to a White House statement.
Bono is the first recipient from Ireland since former President of Ireland Mary Robinson in 2009.
In a statement on Saturday, the singer said: “Rock n roll gave me my freedom … and with it the privilege to work alongside those who’ve had to fight so much harder for theirs.
“Frontmen famously hog the limelight and this huge honour is coming my way only because I was led by the dogged determination of AIDS activists, debt activists, campaigners who have dedicated the entirety of their lives to the fight for freedom from the injustice of extreme poverty. It is also because of my bandmates without whom I would never have found my voice.”
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