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At Town Hall Rally, Obama Pushes Stimulus Plan

Feb. 9, 2009
President Obama took his case for an $800 billion economic package to one of the most distressed places in America on Monday as he opened a series of campaign-style events.
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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic