Obama to Honor Buffett, George H.W. Bush, Merkel
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Billionaire investor Warren Buffett, former President George H.W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be among this year’s recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White House announced today.
The award is the nation’s highest civilian honor and is presented to people who have made meritorious contributions to the U.S. or to world peace. The honorees for 2010 also include poet Maya Angelou, Representative John Lewis of Georgia, a leader of the civil rights movement, and labor leader John Sweeney, the former president of the AFL-CIO.