Hillary Clinton to receive the 2013 Liberty Medal, Jeb Bush to present the award
The National Constitution Center announced Thursday that Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will receive the 2013 Liberty Medal in recognition of her lifelong career in public service and her ongoing advocacy efforts on behalf of women and girls around the globe.
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Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, the chairman of the Constitution Center, will present the award to Clinton at a ceremony scheduled for Sept. 10.
Throughout her nearly four-decade career as one of America’s most dedicated public servants, Secretary Clinton has continued to champion equal opportunities for women and girls in order to advance the security and prosperity of all people and nations, the National Constitution Center said in a news release.
As the 67th Secretary of State, Clinton broke national and global barriers. She was the first First Lady to serve in a presidential Cabinet. She traveled to more countries than any other Secretary of State. She used social media to engage citizens in the workings of diplomacy, and she paid an official visit to Burma, making her the highest U.S. representative to do so in half a century.
As Secretary of State, Clinton advocated for “smart power” in foreign policy, elevating diplomacy and development and repositioning them for the 21st century—with new tools, technologies, and partners, including the private sector and civil society around the world.
“Former Secretary Clinton has dedicated her life to serving and engaging people across the world in democracy,” said National Constitution Center Chairman Governor Jeb Bush. “These efforts as a citizen, an activist, and a leader have earned Secretary Clinton this year’s Liberty Medal.”
The Liberty Medal was established in 1988 to commemorate the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution. The Past Recipients of the Liberty Medal include:
2012 Muhammad Ali
2011 Dr. Robert M. Gates, former U.S. Secretary of Defense
2010 Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister
2009 Steven Spielberg
2008 Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet leader
2007 Bono and DATA
2006 George H.W. Bush and William J. Clinton, former U.S. Presidents
2005 Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine
2004 Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
2003 Sandra Day O’Connor, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
2002 Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State
2001 Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General*
2000 Dr. James Watson and Dr. Francis Crick, co-discoverers of the
structure of DNA
1999 Kim Dae Jung, President of South Korea*
1998 Senator George J. Mitchell, Irish peace negotiator
1997 CNN International
1996 King Hussein I of Jordan and Shimon Peres, former Prime Minister of Israel
1995 Sadako Ogata, United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees
1994 Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic
1993 F.W. de Klerk, President of South Africa* and Nelson Mandela,
President of the African National Congress*
1992 Thurgood Marshall, former Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
1991 Oscar Arias, President of Costa Rica and Médecins sans Frontières
(Doctors Without Borders)*
1990 Jimmy Carter, former U.S. President*
1989 Lech Walesa, founder of Solidarity, Poland
* Liberty Medal recipients who subsequently won the Nobel Peace Prize
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