President Obama's press conference Wednesday to talk about the historic nuclear weapon deal with Iran was overshadowed when a reporter asked whether Bill Cosby's Medal of Freedom award should be revoked amid the actor admitting he drugged women to have sex with him. President Obama responds to Bill Cosby drugs-for-sex admission. Photo/CD Brown The president replied saying, "there is no mechanism" for such a thing, and went on to say that giving a woman (or a man, for that matter) drugs without their knowledge and then have sex with that person without consent, is rape. (Former Cosby Show star agrees ). From the White House transcript... And with respect to the Medal of Freedom, there’s no precedent for revoking a medal. We don’t have that mechanism. And as you know, I tend to make it a policy not to comment on the specifics of cases where there might still be, if not criminal, then civil issues involved. ...
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