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Chinese Leader Skips Session as Obama Seeks Climate Deal

Dec. 18, 2009
Prime Minister Wen Jiabao boycotted a closed-door meeting with a group of leaders, including President Obama, prompting a public rebuke from President Nicolas Sarkozy of France.
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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