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Confessions from the Obama campaign trail

Oct. 28, 2008
Covering Obama 18 hours a day -- in and out of the limelight -- offers few glimpses of his true self. When in robo-candidate mode, he can be sort of dull, a Times reporter finds. One of the things we in the press try to do is tell politicians how they've screwed up. So it was a rare instance when...
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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