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Burris Meets With Federal Agents

Feb. 22, 2009
Federal authorities interviewed Senator Roland W. Burris as they continued their corruption investigation of former Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich, according to reports in the Chicago news media.
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CHICAGO, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., should resign from the job he probably shouldn't have accepted, editorials in several U.S. newspapers said.
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Burris: 'I conducted myself with honor'

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., Sunday denied having inappropriate contact with former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who appointed Burris to the Senate.

Burris: Blago brother asked for cash

CHICAGO, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., was asked for up to $10,000 in campaign cash by the brother of impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, records show.

Senate Democrats agree to seat Burris

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Leading Senate Democrats Monday said Roland Burris, a former attorney general from Illinois, is to be certified as the state's newest U.S. senator.

Burris won't be seated by Congress' start

CHICAGO, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Roland Burris' appointment to the U.S. Senate likely won't be certified by Illinois state officials in time for the start of the 111th Congress, analysts say.

Burris takes Senate certification to court

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate nominee Roland Burris has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to confirm his appointment to fill Barack Obama's seat in Congress.

Obama says Burris shouldn't be seated

CHICAGO, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama said Tuesday he agrees the U.S. Senate shouldn't seat the ex-Illinois attorney general Gov. Rod Blagojevich picked to replace him.

Gov: Bush should commute Ryan's sentence

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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch