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CIA's secret program: paramilitary teams to strike Al Qaeda

Jul. 13, 2009
The program, which was never operational, was discovered and halted last month by CIA Director Leon Panetta. It had been kept secret from lawmakers for 8 years. The secret CIA program halted last month by Director Leon E. Panetta involved the establishment of elite paramilitary teams that could...
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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