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Healthcare reform tops agenda for Obama's prime-time news conference

Jul. 22, 2009
The president will keep up the pressure for swift action from Congress despite complaints that he is moving too fast. President Obama, attempting to "keep the pressure on" Congress for swift action on healthcare reform this summer, will take his case to the public tonight with a...
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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