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Article: SEN. HARRY REID DELIVERS REMARKS AT CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL CEREMONY FOR DR. MICHAEL ELLIS DEBAKEY
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- April 23, 2008
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SEN. REID DELIVERS REMARKS AT CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL CEREMONY FOR DR. MICHAEL ELLIS DEBAKEY
APRIL 23, 2008
SPEAKER: SEN. HARRY REID, D-NEV.,SENATE MAJORITY LEADER
[*] REID: Since 1776, the United States Congress has awarded its highest honor on rare occasions, to poets, presidents, scholars, scientists, athletes and activists. It's with some humility that I share the stage with the 147th gold medal recipient, Dr. Michael DeBakey.
Dr. DeBakey has a rare gift: to see the world not as a maze of problems, but as a treasure map of solutions waiting to be discovered. With really the vision of an oracle, Dr. DeBakey has changed the ...