PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM WINNERS

I was thrilled to see President Obama award the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award.

As the president said, many of these people directly affected our lives.

How proud I am to see the following recognized:

John H. Glenn, our former Senator and astronaut

Madeleine Albright, our first female Secretary of State

Toni Morrison, our first African-American Nobel Prize winner for Literature

Bob Dylan, my all-time favorite rock/folk/poet

John Paul Stevens, Liberal on the Supreme Court

John Doar, civil rights activist

Dolores Huerta, co-founder, along with my hero Cesar Chavez, of the United Farm Workers

Please CLICK HERE to read the biographies of the winners.