Sen. John McCain, Denzel Washington, Megan Rapinoe and Simone Biles are among the 17 Americans who will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Biden next week
as a war hero and prisoner of war in Vietnam as well as for his long tenure in the Senate. McCain, a two-time presidential candidate whose time in the Senate overlapped for decades with Biden’s, died in 2018.
While not all of Biden’s picks have worked directly in government, many have ties to political and social advocacy. The list also includes social justice organizer Sister Simone Campbell, and Diane Nash, a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Khizr Khan, the Gold Star father and religious freedom advocate whoduring the 2016 election, was also among the recipients announced Friday.
Athlete recipients of the nation’s highest civilian award include Rapinoe, a Women’s World Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist, and Simone Biles, a decorated U.S. gymnast and winner of multiple Olympic gold medals. Other household names scheduled to be honored next week include former Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who like McCain will be awarded the medal posthumously, as well as Academy Award winner Washington and former Sen. Alan Simpson .
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