Note: The President spoke at 3:13 p.m. in the East Room at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to Elaine Amerland French, mother of Melinda French Gates, cofounder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Apollo 11 crewmember Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr.; Sen. Alan S. Franken; musicians Ringo Starr, Mary Wilson, William "Smokey" Robinson, Steven Van Zandt, and Patti Scialfa; actor Meg Ryan; Rita Wilson, wife of medal recipient Thomas J. Hanks; former National Basketball Association players William T. Walton III, Robert J. Lanier, Joel C. Ehlo, Byron D. Russell, and Larry J. Bird; Berry Gordy, Jr., founder, Motown Records; and Chudney, Evan, and Tracee Ellis Ross, Rhonda Ross Kendrick, and Ross Arne Naess, children of musician Diana Ross. The transcript released by the Office of the Press Secretary also included the reading of the citations.
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Chicago
Obama, Barack H. "Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom, November 22, 2016." In Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Barack H. Obama, 2016, Book 2-July 1 to January 20, 2017, 1581 - 1587. Washington, DC: Government Publishing Office. 2016. https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PPP-2016-book2/PPP-2016-book2-doc-pg1581.
APA
Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. (2016, July 1). 2016 Public Papers 1581 - Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom. [Government]. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PPP-2016-book2/PPP-2016-book2-doc-pg1581
MLA
Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. 2016 Public Papers 1581 - Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, (1 Jul 2016), https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PPP-2016-book2/PPP-2016-book2-doc-pg1581
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Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom, GovInfo, (July 1, 2016), https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PPP-2016-book2/PPP-2016-book2-doc-pg1581
