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China: Investment is crucial

Mar. 4, 2009
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said "substantial" government investment was needed to counter the global financial crisis, while urging a role for private investment in fighting what he warned may be greater hardship ahead.
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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