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GOP keeps blasting Pelosi on CIA

May. 21, 2009
Republicans continued an all-fronts assault today on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for accusing the CIA of lying - even as a key Republican found himself on the defensive to explain why he accused the agency of lying to Congress just months ago. Rep. Peter...
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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