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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Gloria Steinem, pictured in 2013.
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Civil rights activist C.T. Vivian, pictured in 2012.
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Judge Patricia Wald, pictured in 2000.
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Oprah Winfrey, pictured in 2013.