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28 October 2009 @ 03:56 pm ET

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Edward Brooke, 90, the first African American person to be elected to the Senate, was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honor of the Congress.

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in honor of former Senator Edward William Brooke on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 28, 2009. (Reuters Photo / Jim Young)

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President Barack Obama honored Senator Brooke on Wednesday in a ceremony on Capitol Hill by saying he is "a man who's spent his life breaking barriers and bridging divides across this country."

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