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President Barack Obama awarded Lee Hamilton the Presidential Medal of Freedom on November 24, 2015, for his significant contributions to national security and world peace during his 40-year career.

Hamilton served Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1999, chairing the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran, and the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress.

Hamilton served on multiple national security commissions and advisory boards, including the 9/11 Commission, the Iraq Study Group, and intelligence advisory boards for Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

Hamilton founded and directed the Center on Congress at Indiana University from 1999 to 2015, and currently holds positions as a Distinguished Scholar at the School of Global and International Studies and a Professor of Practice at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

The Indiana Senate honors Hamilton for receiving the National Medal of Freedom and directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit a copy of this resolution to him.