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Speaker 1: Barack Obama will be handing out his last round of

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Speaker 1: Presidential Medals of Freedom this week now. The Freedom Medals

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Speaker 1: are the nation's highest civilian award, and they're presented to

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Speaker 1: those who make significant contributions to the security or national

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Speaker 1: interests of the United States. So who's getting these big awards?

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Speaker 1: According to the Washington Free Beacon, eleven of the honorees

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Speaker 1: have made contributions to the Democratic committees or campaigns, including

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Speaker 1: some that directly supported Obama. According to an analysis of

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Speaker 1: Federal Election Commission records, twelve of the individuals have publicly

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Speaker 1: backed Obama or his policies. A handful of the individuals

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Speaker 1: or Hollywood celebs who have used their stature to advocate

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Speaker 1: for Obama or Hillary, and among those receiving the award

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Speaker 1: is Robert de Niro recently said he wanted to punch

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Speaker 1: Donald Trump in the face or as he deserves an

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Speaker 1: award for that. Maybe we'll get him some Plato in

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Speaker 1: a coloring book.