Trump asked Rush Limbaugh to hold off on cancer treatment to get his Presidential Medal of Freedom during the State of the Union

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• President Donald Trump asked conservative political commentator Rush Limbaugh to hold off on his cancer treatment so he could attend his State of the Union address on Tuesday.
• Trump asked Limbaugh to do "half" of his cancer treatment in order to make the SOTU on time.
• Limbaugh was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the SOTU.
• On Monday, he announced he was diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer, and he expected to receive treatment the following day during the address.
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Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh said President Donald Trump asked him to postpone his "serious" cancer treatment so he could attend the president's State of the Union address.

Limbaugh was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the SOTU on Tuesday, one day after Limbaugh announced he was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.

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