President Joe Biden is recognizing the late Sen. John McCain and former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords with the highest honor a U.S. civilian can receive.
President Joe Biden will posthumously award the 2022 Presidential Medal of Freedom to two Arizonans, the late Sen. John McCain, his friend and former colleague, and former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who suffered a near-fatal gunshot wound in a 2011 assassination attempt near Tucson.
The White House announcement recognized McCain's military service as well as his political service. McCain"was a public servant who was awarded a Purple Heart with one gold star for his service in the U.S. Navy in Vietnam," the White House said. He also served 5½ years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam.
The White House noted that, before Congress, she was the youngest woman elected to the Arizona Senate, and that she later co-founded, with Kelly, the anti-gun-violence organization now known as Giffords.
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