BUSH AWARDS PRESIDENTIAL MEDALS OF FREEDOM
U.S. President George W. Bush awards actor Andy Griffith the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Nov. 9, 2005. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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