Cheney gets standing ovation as Biden awards Presidential Citizens Medal
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President Biden honored former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and several other Americans Thursday with the Presidential Citizens Medal to recognize their service to the country. Cheney was recognized for her service in Congress and on the special House committee that investigated the Jan.
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President Joe Biden is bestowing the second highest civilian medal on Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson, leaders of the congressional investigation into the Capitol riot who Donald
President Joe Biden bestowed the second highest civilian award on Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson, who led the congressional investigation into the Capitol riot.
The Presidential Citizens Medal, created by President Richard Nixon in 1969, is the country’s second highest civilian honor after the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, and former Rep. Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican, served as chair and vice chair of the House Jan. 6 select committee.
President Joe Biden is bestowing the second highest civilian medal on Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson — the lawmakers who led the congressional investigation into the violent Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot by Donald Trump’s supporters, and who Trump has said should be jailed.
President Joe Biden is bestowing the second highest civilian medal on Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson — the lawmakers who led the congressional investigation into the violent Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot by Donald Trump’s supporters, and who Trump has said should be jailed.
President Joe Biden is bestowing the second highest civilian medal on Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson — the lawmakers who led the congressional investigation into the violent Jan. 6, 2021, US Capitol riot by Donald Trump’s supporters, and who Trump has said should be jailed.
President Biden will award the Presidential Citizens Medal to 20 people for their "exemplary deeds of service," including former Rep. Liz Cheney and Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, who played leading roles in the Jan. 6 committee investigation.
President Biden will award the Presidential Citizens Medal to 20 people at the White House, including Liz Cheney, who has been an outspoken critic of President-elect Trump.
President Biden awards former Rep. Liz Cheney and Rep. Bennie Thompson, the leaders of Jan. 6 committee, the Presidential Citizens Medal for their "exemplary deeds of service."
President Biden is bestowing the second-highest civilian medal on Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson -- the lawmakers who led the congressional investigation into the violent Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot by Donald Trump's supporters, and who Trump has said should be jailed.
