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The Kennedy Center Honors ceremony Kennedy Center honorees are awarded their medals in a star-studded ceremony.
Dec. 4, 2011
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive in the East Room of the White House to attend a reception for Kennedy Center honorees in Washington.
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Kennedy Center honoree Neil Diamond arrives.
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Actress Meryl Streep, another honors recipient, is escorted in.
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Jazz musician Sonny Rollins, another of the honorees, arrives at the White House.
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Kennedy Center honorees, from left, Barbara Cook, Neil Diamond, Yo-Yo Ma, Sonny Rollins and Meryl Streep laugh as President Obama speaks.
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President Obama welcomed the Kennedy Center Honors recipients in the White House's East Room.
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Singer Barbara Cook blows a kiss to President Obama, next to fellow honoree and singer Neil Diamond.
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Sonny Rollins and Meryl Streep at the White House.
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President Obama delivers remarks in the East Room, decorated for Christmas.
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Honoree Neil Diamond, left, arrives at the Kennedy Center with Katie McNeil.
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Honoree Barbara Cook, left, arrives.
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Honoree Meryl Streep, right, arrives with husband Don Gummer.
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Honoree Yo-Yo Ma, right, and wife Jill Horner arrive. At left are Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and wife Teresa Heinz.
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Honoree Sonny Rollins, right, arrives.
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Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich arrives with his wife, Callista.
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Actress Patti LuPone arrives with her son Josh.
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CBS chief executive Les Moonves arrives with his wife, Julie Chen.
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Baseball legend Cal Ripken and wife Kelly.
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Opera legend Jessye Norman arrives.
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Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan and his wife, journalist Andrea Mitchell.
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Broadway star Sutton Foster arrives.
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Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel, right, arrives with his wife, Amy Rule, center, and David Axelrod.
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Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) on the red carpet.
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Past honoree Robert DeNiro arrives with his wife, Grace Hightower.
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The president and first lady arrive in the presidential box and greet the honoree,s including Yo-Yo Ma, second from left, and Meryl Streep, left.
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The Kennedy Center Opera House was full for the ceremony.
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From left, Sonny Rollins, Barbara Cook, Neil Diamond, Meryl Streep, Yo-Yo Ma, first lady Michelle Obama and President Obama stand for the national anthem.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, front left, chats with this year's recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors: clockwise from top left, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, actress Meryl Streep, singer-songwriter Neil Diamond, singer Barbara Cook, and saxophonist and composer Sonny Rollins. The six convened on Saturday at the State Department .
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