Mark Knoller · @markknoller
17th Nov 2010 from Twitlonger
Here's the full list of Pres. Obama's 2010 Medal of Freedom recipients:
President George H. W. Bush
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany
Congressman John Lewis – civil rights activist
John H. Adams – environmentalist
Maya Angelou¬¬ - poet
Warren Buffett – billionair & philanthropist
Gerda Weissmann Klein – Holocaust survivor
Dr. Tom Little (Posthumous) – optometrist murdered by Taliban
Yo-Yo Ma – world renowned cellist
Sylvia Mendez – civil rights activist
Stan Musial – Hall of Fame 1st baseman
Bill Russell – former Boston Celtics capt
Jean Kennedy Smith – sister of JFK; founder of VSA
John J. Sweeney – former AFL-CIO Pres.