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US President Barack Obama awards Vice President Joe Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a tribute to Biden at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 12, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM)
January 13, 2017, 12:41 am
Obama surprises tearful Biden with top civilian honor
US president bestows Presidential Medal of Freedom on vice president after eight years in office
By AFP
US President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to movie director Steven Spielberg at the White House, Washington, DC, November 24, 2015. (AFP/NICHOLAS KAMM)
November 25, 2015, 11:46 am
Spielberg, Streisand, Perlman receive America’s top honor
Obama celebrates 'Schindler's List' filmmaker's 'faith in our humanity' as he awards Medal of Freedom to 17 civilians
By AFP and TOI staff
US film director Steven Spielberg arrives for a meeting with Holocaust survivors in Krakow, Poland last January. (photo credit: AP/Czarek Sokolowski)
November 17, 2015, 3:23 am
Spielberg, Itzhak Perlman to get presidential medal of freedom
Barbra Streisand, Stephen Sondheim also among 17 recipients of highest civilian honor
By TOI staff
Senator George Mitchell speaks at the DLA Piper event (Photo credit: Yisrael Hadari)
October 26, 2013, 4:30 pm
Senator Mitchell: Peace begins with tech prosperity
When Palestinians, Lebanese, Egyptians, and Syrians have the kind of success that Israel enjoys, they will be much more amenable to making peace
By David Shamah
President Shimon Peres with Barbra Streisand at Peres's 90th birthday party, June 19, 2013 (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
August 2, 2013, 2:35 am
Congress considers Peres for highest civilian honor
President would become one of only nine recipients of both Congressional Gold Medal and Presidential Medal of Freedom
US President Barack Obama and Israeli President Shimon Peres at the White House. June 13, 2012. (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)
February 18, 2013, 5:25 pm
Peres to give Obama Medal of Distinction
President will honor his American counterpart for standing with Israel 'in times of crisis'
By Raphael Ahren
Shimon Peres speaking at the White House Wednesday (photo credit: AP/Susan Walsh)
June 14, 2012, 2:41 am
Shimon Peres accepts US medal, says honor belongs to all of Israel
Elder statesman granted the Presidential Medal of Freedom, hailed by Obama as emblemizing Jewish state's 'indomitable' spirit
By Ari Ben Goldberg
Shimon Peres, left, and Barack Obama. (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)
June 14, 2012, 1:02 am
Obama to tell Peres he embodies Israel’s strength and desire for peace
Remarks to come as Israeli president receives Medal of Freedom
US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, left, and President Shimon Peres at the Pentagon on Monday. (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom)
June 12, 2012, 4:56 am
Panetta touts US-Israeli cooperation in meeting with Peres
President warns against Iranian dominance of the Middle East
By TOI staff
President Shimon Peres and President Barack Obama meet in Washington in April (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)
June 7, 2012, 6:41 pm
Peres heads to Washington for Presidential Medal of Freedom
President to be honored in special ceremony at the White House
By TOI staff
Israeli mountain climber Nadav Ben Yehuda (left) with Aydin Irmak, the Turkish climber he rescued on Mount Everest (Photo credit: Channel 2 screen capture)
May 29, 2012, 5:34 pm
Israeli climber who saved Turk on Everest to receive medal from Peres
Nadav Ben Yehuda, who could have been youngest Israeli to summit Mt. Everest, says he didn't do anything out of the ordinary
April 27, 2012, 9:02 am
Obama adds Dylan, Albright to Freedom Medal recipients
Albright learned from a reporter in 1997 that her parents had hid their Jewishness from her
April 24, 2012, 10:59 am
Jan Karski to receive posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom
Was an officer of the Polish Underground during World War II
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