A. honored
B. thanked
C. criticized
D. awarded

Honored.

Explanation:

Commended means to praise someone/something formally or officially.

Using what I know in this sentence this is the best definition that can be used to replace the underlined word.

themselves

an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.

i think it is called the president's cabinet.