President Obama awards the 2013 recipients the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

US broadcast journalist and actress Oprah Winfrey(R), appellate Judge Patricia Wald(L) and activist Gloria Steinem(Rear) look on as US President Barack Obama makes opening remarks before presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on November 20, 2013 in Washington, DC. The Medal of Freedom is the country’s highest civilian honor that can be bestowed.  AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty

Former US President William Jefferson Clinton

OPRAH!

Ms. Lorretta Lynn

Chelsea & Hillary Clinton

President Barack Obama, right, awards a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom for Sally Ride to Tam O’Shaughnessy, Ride’s partner of 27 years, as she bows her head and covers her heart, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Bottom, from left are, Ben Bradlee, former executive editor of The Washington Post, and former President Bill Clinton, Back row, from left are, Irene Hirano, accepting a posthumous award for her husband, the late Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye, psychologist Daniel Kahneman, former Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar and country music legend Loretta Lynn. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Chemist & Nobel Prize winner Mario Molina

Former Baseball great Ernie Banks

Former Indiana Senator Richard Luger

Civil Rights Activist Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian

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