U.S. President Barack Obama awarded the nation's highest civilian honor - the Presidential Medal of Freedom - to 16 Americans in a ceremony at the White House on Wednesday, Nov. 20.
2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
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Astronaut Sally Ride pictured in an undated photo.
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American civil rights leader Bayard Rustin, pictured in 1968.
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Grammy-winning jazz musician Arturo Sandoval, pictured in 2013.
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Former North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith, pictured in 2006.