Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy accepts the 2016 Profile in Courage Award during a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts May 1, 2016. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
BOSTON (Reuters) - Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy was honored on Sunday by the family of John F. Kennedy for embracing Syrian refugees at a time when other U.S. leaders sought to turn them away.
The Democratic governor was presented the Profile In Courage award at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, alongside the Syrian family he personally welcomed to his state.
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