【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 en Bradlee/His reign has ceased/Buthis nation stands/Its strength increased.”。
　　And I also indicated to Ben hecan pull off those shirts and I canamp。39。t. (Laughter.) He alwayslooks socool in them. (Laughter.)
　　Early in Oprah Winfreyamp。rsquo。s career,her bosses told her she should change her name to Susie. (Laughter.) I have to pause here to say I got the same advice. (Laughter and applause.) Theydidnamp。39。t say I should be named “。Susie,”。but they suggested I should change my name. (Laughter.)People can relate toSusie, thatamp。39。s what they said. It turnedout, surprisingly, that people couldrelate to Oprah just fine.
　　In more than 4,500 episodes ofher show, her message was always, “。You can.”。 “。You can doand you can be and you can grow and it can be better.”。 And she was living proof, rising fromachildhood of poverty and abuse to the pinnacle of the entertainmentuniverse. But even with40 Emmys, thedistinction of being the first black female billionaire, Oprahamp。rsquo。s greateststrengthhas always been her ability to help us discover the best inourselves. Michelle and Icountourselves among her many devoted fans and friends. As one of those fans wrote, “。I didnamp。rsquo。tknow Ihad a light in me until Oprah told me it was there.”。 What a great gift.
　　And, finally, we salute publicservants whoamp。rsquo。ve strengthened our nation. Daniel Inouye wasa humble man and didnamp。rsquo。t wear his Medal of Honor veryoften. Instead, he liked to wear apinrepresenting the Good Conduct Medal he earned as a teenage private. “。To behave yourselftakes special effort,”。 hesaid, “。and I did not want to dishonor my family.”。 Danny always honoredhis family and hiscountry, even when his country didnamp。rsquo。t always honor him.
　　After being classified as an “。enemyalien,”。 Danny joined a Japanese American unit thatbecame one of the mostdecorated in World War II. And as thesecondlongest serving senatorin American history, he showed a generation ofyoung people including one kid with a funnyname growing up in Hawaii whonoticed that there was somebody during some of those hearingsin Washingtonthat didnamp。39。t look like everybody else, which meant maybe I had a chance todosomething important, too. He taught allof us that no matter what you look like or where youe from, this countryhas a place for everybody whoamp。rsquo。s willing to serve and work hard.
　　A proud Hoosier, Dick Lugar hasserved America for more than half a century, from a youngNavy lieutenant to arespected leader in the United States Senate. Iamp。rsquo。ll always be thankful to Dickfor taking me a new, junior senator under his wing, including travels together to reviewsome of his visionarywork, the destruction of Cold War arsenals in the former Soviet Union something that doesnamp。rsquo。t get a lot of publiotice, but was absolutely critical to making us saferin the wake of the ColdWar.
　　Now, I should say, traveling withDick you get close to unexploded landmines, mortar shells,test tubes filledwith anthrax and the plague. (Laughter.) His legacy, though, is the thousandsofmissiles and bombers and submarines and warheads that no longer threaten usbecause of hisextraordinary work. Andour nation and our world are safer because of this statesman. And in atime ofunrelenting partisanship, Dick Lugaramp。rsquo。s decency, his mitment tobipartisanproblemsolving, stand as a model of what public service ought to be.
　　Now, last, but never least, wehonor a leader who we still remember with suchextraordinary fondness. He still remembers as a child waving goodbyeto his mom tears inher eyes as she went off to nursing school so shecould provide for her family. And Ithinklifting up families like his own became the story of Bill Clintonamp。rsquo。slife. He remembered what hismom had todo on behalf of him and he wanted to make sure that he made life better andeasierfor so many people all across the country that were struggling in thosesame ways and had thosesame hopes and dreams. So as a governor, he transformed education so more kids couldpursuethose dreams. As President, he provedthat, with the right choices, you could grow theeconomy, lift people out ofpoverty. We could shrink our deficitsand still invest in our families,our health, our schools, science,technology. In other words, we can gofarther when we look outfor each other.
　　And as weamp。rsquo。ve all seen, asPresident, he was just getting started. He doesnamp。rsquo。t stop. Heamp。rsquo。s helpedleadrelief efforts after the Asian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, the Haiti earthquake. Hisfoundation and global initiative havehelped to save or improve the lives of literally hundredsof millions ofpeople. And, of course, I am mostgrateful for his patience during the endlesstravels of my Secretary ofState. (Laughter.)
　　So Iamp。rsquo。m grateful, Bill, as wellfor the advice and counsel that youamp。rsquo。ve offered me on and offthe golfcourse. (Laughter.) And most importantly, for your lifesavingwork around the world,which represents whatamp。rsquo。s the very best in America. So thank you so much, President Clinton. (Applause.)
　　So these are the recipients ofthe 2020 Presidential Medal of Freedom. These are the menand women who in their extraordinary lives remind usall of the beauty of the human spirit,the values that define us as Americans,the potential that lives inside of all of us. I could notbe more happy and more honored to participate in thisceremony here today.
　　With that, what I would like todo is invite our honorees to just sit there and let all of usstand and giveyou a big round of applause. (Applause.)
　　I guess we should actually givethem the medals, though. (Laughter.) Where are my herewe go. Lee, you want to hit it?
　　MILITARY AIDE: Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients.
　　Ernie Banks. (Applause.) Wit