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President George W. Bush speaks during the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for the Tuskegee Airmen Thursday, March 29, 2007, at the U.S. Capitol. Said the President, “The Tuskegee Airmen helped win a war, and you helped change our nation for the better. Yours is the story of the human spirit, and it ends like all great stories do – with wisdom and lessons and hope for tomorrow.” White House photo by Joyce Boghosian

President George W. Bush speaks during the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for the Tuskegee Airmen Thursday, March 29, 2007, at the U.S. Capitol. Said the President, “The Tuskegee Airmen helped win a war, and you helped change our nation for the better. Yours is the story of the human spirit, and it ends like all great stories do – with wisdom and lessons and hope for tomorrow.” White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush presents the Congressional Gold Medal Dr. Roscoe Brown Jr., during ceremonies honoring the Tuskegee Airmen Thursday, March 29, 2007, at the U.S. Capitol. Dr. Brown, Director of the Center for Urban Education Policy and University Professor at the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, commanded the 100th Fighter Squadron of the 332 Fighter Group during World War II. White House photo by Eric Draper

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RE: Congressional Gold Medal

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One idiot news "reporter" tonight said that all these airmen received the Congressional Medal of Honor [which is actually awarded by the President] today. Anyone reporting on the doings of our national politicians who does not know the difference probably reports a whole lot of other news wrongly on a daily basis.

Beautiful photos, snugs

The Childrens Miracle Network is an International fundraising effort for childrens hospitals, generally one in every city. The fundraising activities go on all year and culminate in a huge telethon on a Sunday in June. Each hospital does local programming during the day, asking for funds, and network hosts broadcast to all the local stations at intervals.

These children have probably been on TV in their own cities talking about their particular challenges with disease or defect or injury.