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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBarack Obama named recipient of JFK Profile in Courage Award
BOSTON Former President Barack Obama has been named the 2017 winner of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/barack-obama-named-recipient-of-jfk-profile-in-courage-award/2315082
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Barack Obama named recipient of JFK Profile in Courage Award (Original Post)
HAB911
Mar 2017
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greatauntoftriplets
(175,729 posts)1. Well deserved.
gopiscrap
(23,733 posts)2. Excellent
Little Star
(17,055 posts)3. k&r
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)4. The Profile in Courage Award is ...
The Profile in Courage Award is a private award given to recognize displays of courage similar to those John F. Kennedy described in his book Profiles in Courage. It is given to individuals (often elected officials) who, by acting in accord with their conscience, risked their careers or lives by pursuing a larger vision of the national, state or local interest in opposition to popular opinion or pressure from constituents or other local interests.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profile_in_Courage_Award
Gothmog
(145,046 posts)5. This is a well deserved honor