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Fundraising, Fearmongering from Pete Hoekstra

Dec. 30, 2009
Seems U.S. Rep Pete Hoekstra has decided to try hard to cash in on whatever fear and anger has been generated by the botched terrorist attack.
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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