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Commerce Dept. releases $53M for salmon disaster

Apr. 30, 2009
The Commerce Department has released $53 million to Oregon and California to help West Coast salmon fishermen after the third fishery failure in four years. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke made the announcement Thursday in a letter to the governors of the two...
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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