President Barack Obama awards the 2010 Medal of Freedom to poet Maya Angelou in Washington
President Barack Obama awards the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom to poet Maya Angelou during a ceremony at the White House in Washington on February 15, 2011. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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