President George W. Bush, right, presents the medal of Freedom to writer William Safire, second from right, during a ceremony for the 2006 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Other recipients on stage include, from left to right, Ruth Johnson Colvin, Norman C. Francis, Paul Johnson, Riley "B.B." King, Joshua Lederberg, David McCullough and Norman Y. Mineta.
