Photos: Medal of Valor

President Barack Obama presents Constance Wilson, grandmother of fallen Philadelphia Police Department Sgt, Robert Wilson III with his Medal of Valor during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2016.

(Carolyn Kaster / AP)

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May 16, 2016 9:46 AM PT

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President Barack Obama says police officers receiving the Medal of Valor demonstrate how loving one’s country means loving one another.

President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Valor to Johnson City Police Department, N.Y. Patrolman Louis Cioci during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2016.

(Evan Vucci / AP)

President Obama presents the Medal of Valor to Officer Mario Gutierrez, of the Miami-Dade Police Department, Fla., during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2016.

(Evan Vucci / AP)

President Obama shakes hands with Los Angeles Police Department Officer Donald Thompson after presenting him with the Medal of Valor.

(Carolyn Kaster / AP)

Barack Obama, Jason Salas, Robert Sparks, Robert Bottenfield

President Barack Obama stands with, from left, Santa Monica College Police Department Capt. Raymond Bottenfield, and Santa Monica, Calif. Police Department officers Robert Sparks, and Jason Salas during the Medal of Valor ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2016.

(Evan Vucci / AP)

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