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House committee investigating secret CIA counter-terrorism plan

Jul. 17, 2009
The probe will look into a program to kill Al Qaeda leaders, and at Vice President Cheney's possible role in hiding the plot from Congress. It marks a new level of scrutiny of Bush-era counter-terror The House Intelligence Committee launched an investigation today into a secret CIA effort to...
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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