Who gave Hawking the Presidential Medal of Freedom?US President?

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Interesting Facts about Stephen Hawking
1.   He was born on the 300th anniversary of the death of the famous scientist Galileo.
2.   He has been married twice and has three children.
3.   Hawking has co-written several children's books with his daughter Lucy including George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt and George and the Big Bang.
4.   He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009.
5.   He hopes to travel to space one day and has trained with NASA on their zero gravity aircraft.

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Interesting Facts about Stephen Hawking
1.   He was born on the 300th anniversary of the death of the famous scientist Galileo.
2.   He has been married twice and has three children.
3.   Hawking has co-written several children's books with his daughter Lucy including George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt and George and the Big Bang.
4.   He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009.
5.   He hopes to travel to space one day and has trained with NASA on their zero gravity aircraft.

You don't know who was President in 2009, v?

[Nutmeg]

Interesting Facts about Stephen Hawking
1.   He was born on the 300th anniversary of the death of the famous scientist Galileo.
2.   He has been married twice and has three children.
3.   Hawking has co-written several children's books with his daughter Lucy including George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt and George and the Big Bang.
4.   He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009.
5.   He hopes to travel to space one day and has trained with NASA on their zero gravity aircraft.

You don't know who was President in 2009, v?

Was it before or after January 20?

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Have you ever considered checking wikipedia, v0031?