Photo Coverage: Michelle Obama presents 2010 National Medals for Museum and Library Service in Washington

First Lady Michelle Obama presents a 2010 National Medal for Museum and Library Service to Akemi Kikumura Yano, director of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, and community member Paul Takemoto during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on December 17, 2010.

First Lady Michelle Obama presents a 2010 National Medal for Museum and Library Service to Akemi Kikumura Yano, director of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, and community member Paul Takemoto during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on December 17, 2010.

First Lady Michelle Obama presents a 2010 National Medal for Museum and Library Service to Clara Nalli Bohrer, director of the West Bloomfield Township Public Library in Michigan, and community member Cameron Thomas-Shah during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on December 17, 2010.

First Lady Michelle Obama presents a 2010 National Medal for Museum and Library Service to Akemi Kikumura Yano, director of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on December 17, 2010.

First Lady Michelle Obama presents a 2010 National Medal for Museum and Library Service to Akemi Kikumura Yano, director of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, and community member Paul Takemoto during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on December 17, 2010.

First Lady Michelle Obama speaks before presenting the 2010 National Medals for Museum and Library Service during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on December 17, 2010.

First Lady Michelle Obama speaks before presenting the 2010 National Medals for Museum and Library Service during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on December 17, 2010.

First Lady Michelle Obama presents a 2010 National Medal for Museum and Library Service to community member Karen Washington and Gregory Long, president and CEO of the New York Botanical Garden in New York City, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on December 17, 2010.

First Lady Michelle Obama hugs Clara Nalli Bohrer, director of the West Bloomfield Township Public Library in Michigan, as Obama presents the 2010 National Medals for Museum and Library Service in the East Room of the White House in Washington on December 17, 2010.

First Lady Michelle Obama speaks before presenting the 2010 National Medals for Museum and Library Service during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on December 17, 2010.

First Lady Michelle Obama speaks before presenting the 2010 National Medals for Museum and Library Service during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on December 17, 2010.

First Lady Michelle Obama speaks before presenting the 2010 National Medals for Museum and Library Service during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on December 17, 2010.

First Lady Michelle Obama speaks before presenting the 2010 National Medals for Museum and Library Service during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on December 17, 2010.