Washington — President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will award conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated during a campus event in Utah, the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously.

Mr. Trump paid homage to Kirk while speaking at a Sept. 11 remembrance event at the Pentagon, calling his killing "heinous."

"Charlie was a giant of his generation, a champion of liberty, and an inspiration to millions and millions of people," the president said.

He added that the nation is praying for Kirk's wife, Erika, and two children.

"We miss him greatly, yet I have no doubt that Charlie's voice and the courage he put into the hearts of countless people, especially young people, will live on," Mr. Trump.

The president said a date for the ceremony honoring Kirk wil

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