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President Donald Trump gave the country's highest civilian honor posthumously to Charlie Kirk.
Erika Kirk received the award for her husband at a White House ceremony.
The event was attended by Trump's Cabinet and conservative commentators.
President Donald Trump awarded Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously on Tuesday during a White House Rose Garden ceremony that coincided with the slain conservative organizer’s 32nd birthday.
Trump returned home Tuesday from a whirlwind trip to the Middle East, where he led world leaders in signing a Gaza peace plan , to pay tribute to Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, who was assassinated at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10.
“We’re here to honor and remember a fearless warrior for liberty, a beloved lead