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Biden awards Medal of Freedom to Biles, McCain, Giffords

President Joe Biden awards the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to former Sen. Alan Simpson at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) President Joe Biden awards the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to former Sen. Alan Simpson at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) President Joe Biden awards the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to Fred Gray, a prominent civil rights attorney who represented Rosa Parks, the NAACP and Martin Luther King Jr., who called Gray "the chief counsel for the protest movement," at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) President Joe Biden awards the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to Diane Nash at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) President Joe Biden awards the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to Wilma Vaught during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 7, 2022. Vaught, a retired brigadier general and one of the most decorated women in U.S. military history, broke gender barriers on her rise through the ranks of the Air Force. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) President Joe Biden awards the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to Megan Rapinoe at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) President Joe Biden awards the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to retired Brig. Gen. Wilma Vaught at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) President Joe Biden awards the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to gymnast Simone Biles during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 7, 2022. Biles is the most decorated U.S. gymnast in history, winning 32 Olympic and World Championship medals, and is an advocate on issues including athletes' mental health, children in foster care and sexual assault victims. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) President Joe Biden awards the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to Megan Rapinoe at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)