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Feds ask for power to oversee rail transit safety

Dec. 8, 2009
The Obama administration wants Congress to give the federal government power to oversee the safety of subways, light rail and other urban train systems. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is slated to testify Tuesday before a House panel on a plan to give...
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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