Biden awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal to 20 people in a ceremony in the East Room ... After he presented the awards, he went back to the lectern to ask lawmakers in the room to stand ...

Others presented the medal by the outgoing president at a White House ceremony ... week, Biden awarded the Presidential ...

"I think it's pretty damn simple. Our democracy begins and ends with the duties of citizenship," Biden said during the awards ceremony. "That's our work for the ages. That's what all of you ...

(The Hill) – President Biden on Friday awarded the Medal of Honor to seven U.S. Army soldiers, most of whom received it posthumously for service during the Korea War, in his last ceremony as ...

A loud cheer erupted from those gathered at the White House ceremony as Cheney walked up to accept her award from Biden, as ...

Biden at the ceremony also awarded the medal to attorney ... it is not unusual for presidents to award them to political allies. Biden himself received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from ...

In 2023, he gave the award to several police officers ... Justin Sink and Hadriana Lowenkron. (Updates with ceremony taking place and Biden quote, in second paragraph.) ...