According to
Zenit :-
>>In 1963, President John Kennedy authorized the practice of awarding Presidential Medals of Freedom to persons "for especially meritorious contribution to (1) the security or national interests of the United States, or (2) world peace, or (3) cultural or other significant public or private endeavors," according to an executive order.
One infers that the award was given for reason (2) world peace.
Now
that really is magnanimous for Bush.
