U.S. President <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Barack+Obama&family=editorial&specificpeople=203260 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Barack Obama</a>, first lady <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Michelle+Obama&family=editorial&specificpeople=2528864 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Michelle Obama</a> and and former U.S. Army Captain William Swenson arrive for the Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House October 15, 2013 in Washington, DC. Honored for his actions in the 2009 Battle of Ganjgal Valley in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan, Swenson is the sixth living veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars to receive the Medal of Honor, awarded to a person who 'distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.'