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Council Backs Bloomberg Bid to Run Again

Oct. 24, 2008
The City Council voted, 29 to 22, to extend term limits, which will allow Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to seek re-election next year.
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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