President Barack Obama was at a press conference on Wednesday fielding questions about the United States' historic nuclear deal with Iran when he was asked an entirely different question: would he revoke Bill Cosby's Presidential Medal of Freedom?
He said there is "no precedent" for revoking the nation's highest civilian award. The president said he wouldn't comment specifically on the allegations against Cosby, but did have something to say about rape in general
“If you give a woman — or a man, for that matter — without his or her knowledge a drug and then have sex with that person without consent, that’s rape," Obama said. "And I think this country, any civilized country, should have no tolerance for rape.” Read more...
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