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Doubts surface on Democrats' health deal

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Dec. 9, 2009
UPDATED: Two members of the Democratic caucus already are raising doubts about a compromise struck Tuesday evening scaling back the so-called "public option" plan in the Senate's health care overhaul bill. The tentative deal by 10 moderate and liberal Senate Democrats was praised by the...
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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