Biography
John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two terms in the United States House of Representatives and was the Republican nominee for president of the United States in the 2008 election, which he lost to Barack Obama.
Awards & recognition
- Presidential Medal of Freedom · 2022
- Global Citizen Awards · 2018
- Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class · 2002
- Freedom Award · 2001
- Profile in Courage Award · 1999
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- Dr. Nathan Davis Award — United States Senators · 1998
- Air Medal
- Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
- Bronze Star Medal
- Combat Action Ribbon
- Commander of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite
- Commander with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
- Distinguished Flying Cross
- Distinguished Service Cross
- Ellis Island Medal of Honor
- Evelyn F. Burkey Award
- Golden Plate Award
- Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun
- Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
- Meritorious Service Medal
- National Defense Service Medal
- National Order of Vietnam
- Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
- Navy Unit Commendation
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Officer of the Legion of Merit
- Order of Liberty
- Order of National Hero
- Order of the Three Stars, 2nd Class
- Order of the White Eagle
- Philadelphia Liberty Medal
- Prisoner of War Medal
- Purple Heart
- Silver Star
- St. George's Order of Victory
- Vietnam Campaign Medal
- Vietnam Service Medal
Filmography45 titles
In the Grip of Gazprom
Parks and Recreation
Before the Flood
The House I Live In
Why We Fight
The Seventies
Active Measures
Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
The Mayo Clinic
Religulous
Citizen Koch
The Colbert Report
Saturday Night Live
John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls
Raw
Saving Capitalism
The American West
Frontline
Frontline
Right America: Feeling Wronged
60 Minutes
Mike Wallace Is Here
Wedding Crashers
Finding Your Roots
The Daily Show
Mitt
The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Reagan
The Words That Built America
Killing Them Softly
Hillary
The River and the Wall
First Ladies
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
To the Moon and Back
Late Night with Seth Meyers
American Idol
Two Men at War
Revealing Ukraine
The View
America's Greatest Threat: Vladimir Putin
Housequake
Barack Obama: The Power of Hope