U.S. President George W. Bush awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to: From L-R: former CIA Director George Tenet, retired U.S. Army Gen. Tommy Franks, who oversaw combat in Afghanistan and the initial invasion of Iraq, and former Iraq administrator L. Paul Bremer, in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, December 14, 2004. The medal is the nation's highest civilian honor and Bush is honoring three men who were central to his Iraq policy. REUTERS/Larry Downing LSD/HB