President Barack Obama surprised an emotional Vice President Joe Biden
Thursday by presenting him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the
nation's highest civilian honor, during a White House ceremony.
"For
your faith in your fellow Americans, for your love of country and for
your lifetime of service that will endure through the generations, I'd
like to ask the military aide to join us on stage," Obama said in the
ceremony. "For my final time as president, I am pleased to award our
nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom."
Before
surprising Biden with the award, Obama gave lengthy and colorful
remarks praising Biden, his wife Dr. Jill Biden and his children and
grandchildren.
"If you can't admire Joe Biden as a person you've got a problem," Obama said. He's as good a man as god ever created."
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