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Fla. rep: Find vets exposed to unclean equipment

May. 21, 2009
A U.S. representative from Florida says the Department of Veterans Affairs must do a better job of finding and testing patients who might have been exposed to contaminated medical equipment at the Miami VA hospital. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., spoke to...
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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