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Trump announces he will posthumously award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom [View all]
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-announces-posthumously-award-charlie-kirk-presidential-medal/story?id=125474603President Donald Trump, at a memorial event at the Pentagon on Thursday on the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, announced he will posthumously award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Kirk, a prominent conservative activist, was shot during an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. Trump later that day announced his death.
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The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award in the U.S. Trump said that the day of that ceremony would be announced soon, adding he thought it would surely draw a big crowd.
Trump told reporters with him at the Pentagon that he plans to speak with Kirk's family on Thursday afternoon. Kirk is survived by his wife Erika and two young children.
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