In A Surprise Send-Off, President Obama Awards Biden Presidential Medal Of Freedom

In A Surprise Send-Off, President Obama Awards Biden Presidential Medal Of Freedom

In a surprise move Thursday afternoon, President Obama awarded outgoing Vice President Joe Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Calling the former longtime Delaware senator "the best vice president America's ever had" and a "lion of American history," Obama gave his White House partner the award in an emotional ceremony, billed as a farewell.

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