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President Bill Clinton's Eulogy for Martin McGuinness in Derry

Former US President Bill Clinton gave the eulogy at the funeral of Martin McGuinness today at St. Columba's Church in Derry, Northern Ireland.   See video below. Here are pictures of the funeral from the Irish Times. 

JFK Library Selects Barack Obama for 2017 Profiles in Courage Award

The  John F. Kennedy Library Foundation  has selected Former President Barack H. Obama  to receive the 2017 Centennial  John F.Kennedy Profile in Courage Award™  for his enduring commitment to democratic ideals and elevating the standard of political courage in a new century. Ambassador  Caroline Kennedy  and her son, Jack Schlossberg, will present the award at a ceremony on May 7, 2017 at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum as part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of President Kennedy’s birth. In response to the news, former President Obama said:  “It’s been more than half a century since John F. Kennedy asked us to cast aside our narrow self-interest and take up the chase of a greater ambition: our collective capacity to do big things, especially when it’s hard. It was a call to citizenship as true as the words of our founding and a conviction that helped guide me to public service as a...