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GOP leader says US will overcome war, recession

Jan. 2, 2010
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says the United States will overcome war, recession and double-digit unemployment. Challenges will be met, better days are ahead and the nation's leaders will unite for the common good despite sometimes sharp political...
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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