Keywords: Barack Obama speaks to Stephen Hawking.jpg en United States President Barack Obama talks with Stephen Hawking in the Blue Room of the White House before a ceremony presenting him and 15 others the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 12 August 2009 The Medal of Freedom is America's highest civilian honor To Stephen's right is his daughter Lucy Hawking and on the left of the image is Muhammed Yunus who received the same award http //www flickr com/photos/whitehouse/3859980155/ White House Photostream Creator Pete Souza 2009-08-12 10 53 PD-USGov-POTUS PD-USGov DEFAULTSORT 200908121053 Personality rights Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Muhammad Yunus Joe Medicine Crow Barack Obama in 2009 200908121053 Stephen Hawking 200908121053 Blue Room White House Blue curtains 2009 in Washington D C Photographs by Pete Souza 200908121053 Taken with Canon EOS 5D Mark II |