Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump awarded a number of his top advisers with National Security Medals to reward them for their role in helping to conclude agreements aimed at normalizing relations between Israel and four Arab countries.
Trump awarded the National Security Medal to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin, National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, Senior Adviser Jared Kushner, US Middle East Envoy Avi Berkowitz, US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and US Ambassador to the UAE John Rakolta.
"Thanks to the efforts of these inpiduals, the region will not be what it used to be, as it finally transcends past conflicts," the White House said in a statement.
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