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GMAC Closer to Goal of Being a Bank

Dec. 15, 2008
GMAC investors holding about $10.5 billion in bonds agreed to new terms of a debt swap, bringing the company closer to becoming a bank and getting a bailout.
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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