Trump honors Charlie Kirk
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Kirk, who would have turned 32 on Tuesday, was shot and killed during his "American Comeback Tour" at Utah Valley University last month. The ceremony was held in the Rose Garden, the first high-profile event in the garden since Trump ordered the area to go under a revamp earlier this year.
President Trump said he raced back from the Middle East peace talks to posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist who was assassinated last month.
P resident Donald Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to conservative youth leader Charlie Kirk in a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday.