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Posted by: Julia Wilburn on May 3, 2024

Tennessean Al Gore, former vice president under Bill Clinton and both a U.S. senator and member of the House of Representatives, today received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in a ceremony at the White House. The Tennessean reports that the medal is one of the nation’s highest civilian honors, bestowed by the president to individuals who have made “an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.” Since leaving public office, Gore has worked on environmental initiatives. He founded the Climate Reality Project (previously called the Alliance for Climate Protection) in 2005, and received the Nobel Peace Prize alongside the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2007.