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Intrepid Freedom Award
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The Intrepid Freedom Award is presented to a national or international leader who has distinguished himself in promoting and defending the values of freedom and democracy, the core beliefs of our nation.

Recipients of the Intrepid Freedom Award:
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The Honorable George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States of America
Presented during Veterans Day 2008
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The Honorable William J. Clinton
42nd President of the United States
Presented during Fleet Week 1996
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The Honorable George Bush
41st President of the United States
Presented during Fleet Week 1994
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The Honorable Ronald Reagan
40th President of the United States
Presented at the 1993 Salute To Freedom
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His Excellency Silvio Berlusconi
Prime Minister of Italy
Presented at the 2006 Salute To Freedom
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His Excellency Yitzhak Rabin
Prime Minister of the State of Israel
Presented at the 1995 Salute To Freedom
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The Rt. Honorable Baroness Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Presented at the 1994 Salute To Freedom
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His Excellency Boris Yeltsin
President, Russian Federation
Presented during Fleet Week 1993
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His Eminence John Cardinal O’Connor
Archbishop of New York
Presented during Fleet Week 1999
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The Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg 
108th Mayor of the City of New York
Presented during Fleet Week 2005
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The Honorable Rudolph W. Giuliani
107th Mayor of the City of New York
Presented at the 2001 Salute To Freedom
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The Honorable Newt Gingrich
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Presented during Fleet Week 1995
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The Honorable C.W. Young
Chairman, House Appropriations Committee
Presented in August 2004
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The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton
United States Senate
Presented at the 2004 Salute to Freedom
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The Honorable John McCain
United States Senate
Presented at the 1999 Salute To Freedom
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The Honorable Madeleine Albright
Secretary of State
Presented during Fleet Week 1997
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Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Former Secretary of State
Presented at the 2013 Salute to Freedom
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The Honorable Leon E. Panetta
Secretary of Defense
Presented at the 2012 Salute to Freedom
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The Honorable Robert M. Gates
Secretary of Defense
Presented at the 2009 Salute to Freedom
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The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld
Secretary of Defense
Presented at the 2003 Salute to Freedom
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The Honorable William Cohen
Secretary of Defense
Presented at the 1997 Salute To Freedom
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The Honorable Richard Cheney
Secretary of Defense
Presented at the 1992 Salute To Freedom
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The Honorable Robert Rubin
Secretary of the Treasury
Presented during Fleet Week 1998
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The Honorable Tom Ridge
Secretary of Homeland Security 
Presented during Fleet Week 2004
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General Richard B. Myers, USAF 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Presented at the 2004 Salute To Freedom
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General Henry Shelton, USA
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Presented at the 1998 Salute To Freedom
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General Colin Powell, USA
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Presented at the 1996 Salute To Freedom
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General David H. Petraeus, USA
Commander, U. S. Central Command
Presented at the 2010 Salute To Freedom
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General Tommy R. Franks, USA
Commander In Chief, U.S. Central Command
Presented at the 2002 Salute To Freedom
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Admiral James G. Stavridis, USN
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Commander, United States European Command
Presented at the 2011 Salute to Freedom
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The Honorable Raymond Kelly
Commissioner, New York City Police Department
Presented at the 2006 Fleet Week Gala
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Mr. Arnold Fisher
Senior Partner, Fisher Brothers
Presented at the 2006 Salute To Freedom