Name: オバマ大統領が大統領自由勲章を授与 (President Obama Awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom)
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Today, we celebrate extraordinary Americans who

have lifted our spirits, strengthened our union,

I always love doing this event, but this is a

Public servants, rabble rousers, athletes, renowned

character actors -- like the guy from Space Jam.

We pay tribute to those distinguished individuals

with our nation's highest civilian honor -- the

Now, let me tell you a little bit about each of them.

First, we came close to missing out on Bill and

Because apparently Bill's opening line was, "Do you

want to go out two weeks from this coming Saturday?"

Fortunately, Melinda believes in second chances.

For two decades, the Gates Foundation has worked to

provide lifesaving medical care to millions -- boosting

clean water supplies, improving education for our

children, rallying aggressive international

action on climate change, cutting childhood mortality

These two have donated more money to charitable causes

Many years ago, Melinda's mom told her an old saying:

"To know that even one life has breathed easier because

you lived -- that is success." By this and just

about any other measure, few in human history have been

more successful than these two impatient optimists.

Frank Gehry has never let popular acclaim reverse his

"I was an outsider from the beginning," he says, "so for

better or worse, I thrived on it." The child of poor

Jewish immigrants, Frank grew up in Los Angeles, and

throughout his life he embraced the spirit of a

He's spent his life rethinking shapes and

mediums, seemingly the force of gravity itself; the idea

of what architecture could be he decided to upend --

constantly repurposing every material available, from

He's inspiring our next generation through his

advocacy for arts education in our schools.

From the Guggenheim, to Bilbao, to Chicago's

Millennium Park -- our hometown -- to his home in

Santa Monica, which I understand caused some

- Frank's work teaches us that while buildings may be

sturdy and fixed to the ground, like all great art,

When an undergraduate from rural Appalachia first set

foot on the National Mall many years ago, she was

trying to figure out a way to show that "war is not

just a victory or a loss," but "about individual

lives." She considered how the landscape might shape

that message, rather than the other way around.

The project that Maya Lin designed for her college

-- and a permanent place in American history.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial has changed the way

we think about monuments, but also about how we think

about sacrifice, and patriotism, and ourselves.

Maya has given us more than just places for remembering

-- she has created places for us to make new memories.

Her sculptures, chapels, and homes are "physical act[s]

of poetry," each reminding us that the most important

element in art or architecture is human emotion.

Three minutes before Armstrong and Aldrin touched

down on the moon, Apollo 11's lunar lander alarms

triggered -- red and yellow lights across the board.

But thankfully, they had Margaret Hamilton.

A young MIT scientist -- and a working mom in the '60s --

Margaret led the team that created the onboard flight

software that allowed the Eagle to land safely.

And keep in mind that, at this time, software

There were no textbooks to follow, so, as Margaret

says, "There was no choice but to be pioneers."

Luckily for us, Margaret never stopped pioneering.

And she symbolizes the generation of unsung women

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