Remarks by President Obama Honoring the Recipients of the 2010 Medal of Freedom

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 15, 2011 – 1:40 P.M. EST

THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you so much.  Everyone please be seated.  And welcome to the White House.  Some of you have been here before.  (Laughter.)

This is one of the things that I most look forward to every year.  It’s a chance to meet with — and, more importantly, honor — some of the most extraordinary people in America — and around the world.

President Kennedy once said,…