Medal of Freedom Recipient; Bill Clinton 42nd President of the United St...

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freelancing well

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on the head

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a show on myself welcome to the White House this is

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one my favorite events every year especially

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special issue as I look this

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extraordinary group of individuals

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and our opportunity to honor them

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where our nation's highest civilian honour

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the presidential metal-free and this year

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its just a little more special because this marks the fiftieth anniversary

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President Kennedy establishing this'll work

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were honored by the way today

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to have with us one my favorite people

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Apple can and a pretty good basketball player president

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kennedy's grandson Jack

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and those metal has been bestowed on more than

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500 deserving people tonight i'm looking forward to

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joining some of these honorees as well as members the Kennedy family as we pay

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tribute to these fifty years

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excellence in this morning we're honored to add 16

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new names to this distinguished list

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today we salute fears

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competitors who became true champions by Parsons

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problem-solving stand as a model what public service ought to be now last

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but never least we are a leader who

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we still remember with such

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extraordinary funness he still remembers

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as a child waving goodbye to his mom tears in her eyes as she went up to

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nursing school so she could provide for her family

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and I think lifting up

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families like his own became the storybook ones like you remember

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what his mom had on behalf

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him and you want to make sure that

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he made life better and easier

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for so many people cross

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the country were struggling in the same ways and at the same hopes and dreams

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as governor he transformed education some more kids could pursue those rims

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as president he proved that with the right choices you

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grow the economy let people out of poverty

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we could shrink our deficits and still invest in our families

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are helper schools science technology in or

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other words we can go farther when we look out for each other and as we've all

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seen as president

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he was just getting started he doesn't stop is amply

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relief efforts after the Asian tsunami Hurricane Katrina the Haiti earthquake

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his foundation and global initiative help to save or improve the lives

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literally

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hundreds millions of people and of course

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I am most grateful for his patients

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during the endless travels as my secretary of state

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so I'm grateful bills well

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for the advice and counsel the you of me on and off the golf course

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and and most importantly for

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your life saving work around the world which represents what's

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the very best in america thank you so much present

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to the zoo recipients at the 2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom

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these are the men and women who in their extraordinary lives remind us

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all the beauty of the human spirit the values that define us

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as americans the potential that lives

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inside evolves I could not be

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more happy and more on to participate

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in the ceremony here today with that

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what I would like to do is invite

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are and honorees to

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just sit there and let all must stand and give you a big round of applause

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height

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I I guess we should actually give

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medals

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so I where are my

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there we go way you wanna hear presidential

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metal a freedom the

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honorable William J Clinton

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among the finest public servants have our time

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president william J clinton argue cases for the people

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arkansas served his state in the governor's mansion

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and guided our nation into a new century as the forty second president

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up the United States bill clinton oversaw and a rough challenge

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and change prosperity and progress his work

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after leaving public office continues to reflect his passionate

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unending commitment to improving the lives and livelihoods

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of people around the world in responding to needs both at home and abroad long

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and its founder up the Clinton Foundation he has shown that

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through creative cooperation among women and men of goodwill

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we can solve even the most intractable problems