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House approves nuclear pact with India

Sep. 28, 2008
The House of Representatives on Saturday approved a controversial deal to expand nuclear cooperation with India after a decades-long ban on exporting nuclear know-how to New Delhi.
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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