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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (L) is embraced by pianist Van Cliburn before the presentation of the Liberty Medal at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 18, 2008. Gorbachev is the 2008 recipient of the award that recognizes individuals and organizations that have demonstrated leadership and vision in the pursuit of liberty of conscience or freedom from oppression, ignorance, or deprivation.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (C) accepts applause after the presentation of the Liberty Medal by former U.S. President George H.W. Bush (L) and Constitution Center CEO and President Joe Torsella (R) at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 18, 2008. Gorbachev is the 2008 recipient of the award that recognizes individuals and organizations that have demonstrated leadership and vision in the pursuit of liberty of conscience or freedom from oppression, ignorance, or deprivation.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (C) is presented with the Liberty Medal by former U.S. President George H.W. Bush (R) and Constitution Center CEO and President Joe Torsella at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 18, 2008. Gorbachev is the 2008 recipient of the award that recognizes individuals and organizations that have demonstrated leadership and vision in the pursuit of liberty of conscience or freedom from oppression, ignorance, or deprivation.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (R) is joined by former U.S. President George H.W. Bush after the presentation of the Liberty Medal at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 18, 2008. Gorbachev is the 2008 recipient of the award that recognizes individuals and organizations that have demonstrated leadership and vision in the pursuit of liberty of conscience or freedom from oppression, ignorance, or deprivation.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (C) is presented with the Liberty Medal by former U.S. President George H.W. Bush (R) and Constitution Center CEO and President Joe Torsella at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 18, 2008. Gorbachev is the 2008 recipient of the award that recognizes individuals and organizations that have demonstrated leadership and vision in the pursuit of liberty of conscience or freedom from oppression, ignorance, or deprivation.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (L) waves after receiving the Liberty Medal from former U.S. President George H.W. Bush at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 18, 2008. Gorbachev is the 2008 recipient of the award that recognizes individuals and organizations that have demonstrated leadership and vision in the pursuit of liberty of conscience or freedom from oppression, ignorance, or deprivation.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (R) is joined by former U.S. President George H.W. Bush before the presentation of the Liberty Medal at the National Constitution Center in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, September 18, 2008. Gorbachev is the 2008 recipient of the award that recognizes individuals and organizations that have demonstrated leadership and vision in the pursuit of liberty of conscience or freedom from oppression, ignorance, or deprivation.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (L) is embraced by former U.S. President George H.W. Bush before the presentation of the Liberty Medal at the National Constitution Center in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, September 18, 2008. Gorbachev is the 2008 recipient of the award that recognizes individuals and organizations that have demonstrated leadership and vision in the pursuit of liberty of conscience or freedom from oppression, ignorance, or deprivation.
Mikhail Gorbachev, center, the former Soviet leader and 2008 Liberty Medal winner, is applauded by former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, left, Chairman of the National Constitution Center, and Joseph Torsella, right, president of the center, following Gorbachev's remarks, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, in Philadelphia. Gorbachev is being honored for his role in ending the Cold War.
Mikhail Gorbachev, left, the former Soviet leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, acknowledges the audience after being presented with the 2008 Liberty Medal by former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, Chairman of the National Constitution Center, during a ceremony at the center, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, in Philadelphia. Gorbachev is being honored for his role in ending the Cold War.
Mikhail Gorbachev, left, the former Soviet leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, is presented with the 2008 Liberty Medal by former President George H.W. Bush, Chairman of the National Constitution Center, during a ceremony at the center, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, in Philadelphia. Gorbachev is being honored for his role in ending the Cold War and in giving freedom to those who lived behind the Iron Curtain.
Mikhail Gorbachev, left, the former Soviet leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, is presented with the 2008 Liberty Medal by former President George H.W. Bush, Chairman of the National Constitution Center, during a ceremony at the center, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, in Philadelphia. Gorbachev is being honored for his role in ending the Cold War and in giving freedom to those who lived behind the Iron Curtain.
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, right, pays tribute to Alexander Solzhenitsyn, foreground, as he lays in state in Moscow, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008. Thousands of Russians braved a pelting rain Tuesday to pay tribute to Alexander Solzhenitsyn, attending a formal mourning for the author, dissident and patriot that had all the trappings of an official lying-in-state ceremony. A military honor guard stood next to Solzhenitsyn's open casket, placed in a hall at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. Mourners filed by and placed long-stemmed flowers at the foot of the bier for the Nobel Literature Prize winner.