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GM to begin new ad campaign this weekend

Sep. 9, 2009
A person briefed on General Motors Co.'s new advertising campaign says it will begin this weekend with television spots featuring Chairman Edward Whitacre Jr. urging people to try the automaker's new vehicles. The person says Whitacre will point to vehicles...
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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