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GOP: US should reject climate pact

Dec. 12, 2009
Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn on Saturday urged against U.S. participation in an international agreement on climate change, maintaining it would result in soaring energy prices and damage America's economic competitiveness. Blackburn of Tennessee is among...
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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