President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to outgoing Vice President Joe Biden during a surprise ceremony at the White House on Thursday. A teary-eyed Biden praised Obama, who said to know Biden is "to know love without pretense."

"Our politics have conspired to make it as easy as possible for a terrorist ...to buy extraordinary powerful weapons and they can do so legally," Obama said.

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