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Daschle Urges Obama To Drop Federal Public Health Care Plan

Jun. 18, 2009
*** UPDATED BELOW *** The man once slated to head Barack Obama's health care system overhaul is now coming out against one of the chief components of that effort. Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle said on Wednesday that the Obama White House would likely have to scrap a federal public...
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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