President Obama Hands Medals to Jordan, Diana Ross, & More

President Obama doles out his last Presidential Medals of Freedom to Springsteen, DeGeneres, De Niro and more

• President Obama awarded Presidential Medals of Freedom at the White House today

• The nation's highest honor was given to 'innovators and artists, public servants, rabble rousers, athletes, renowned character actors'

• The outgoing president got a little political complimenting basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for defending his Muslim face

• He also lauded Lorne Michael, the creator of Saturday Night Live, a show that President-elect Donald Trump has recently attacked

• Comedian Ellen DeGeneres almost didn't make the ceremony having forgotten her ID when she tried to enter the White House gates

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