President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to a group of 19 recipients including George Soros and Hillary Clinton on Saturday.
With little more than two weeks remaining in his presidency, Biden bestowed the medals — the highest honor a civilian can receive — on a group he called “extraordinary” in his opening remarks.
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Failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who received a standing ovation from her fellow recipients and the others in attendance, accepted her medal following the reading of a litany of career accomplishments.
Attendees of the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony applaud as President Joe Biden awards the medal to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton….
