Lets enjoy ourselves. This is a tremendous moment for jim and your family and lets just enjoy ourselveses for a little while. Well ask jim to say a few words. I want to hear what he has to say about his great talent, his great running ability. I find athletics to be extraordinary, i love it. Thank you for being here. Today it is my privilege to present our nations highest civilian honor, the president ial medal of freedom, to a legendary athlete and legendary runner, olympian and true american patriot, former congressman jim ryun. Jim, congratulations. Fantastic. [applause] were joined today by jims wife ann, thank you, ann, very much, congratulations. And various family members. But his son, where ned. Ned, thank you very much. Katherine, thank you very much. Im going to ask you to come up and say a few words, both of you, so you better be prepared. Got a lot of news back there. See im being nice today. I dont use the other word in front of the word news. But jims journey started with
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