Herald meese biography examples

Former Attorney General Edwin Meese III, who served for about seven years in the Reagan administration, will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to award Meese the Medal of Freedom during a White House ceremony Tuesday afternoon.

Meese will be the 13^th person to receive the award from Trump and the second from the Reagan administration.

In his announcement of the award, Trump applauded Meese's foreign affairs activities during the Cold War and his role in securing "historic tax cuts."

For much of his political career, Meese worked for Reagan, following him from the Governor's Mansion in California to the White House.

Trump credited him with being a "thought leader" and "strong conservative voice" regarding law and policy.

Working for Governor Reagan

After serving as deputy district attorney of Alameda County, California, Meese became then–Governor Reagan's executive assistant and chief of staff in