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Inadequate Oversight Cited in Weatherization Program

Dec. 21, 2009
Slipshod weatherization work found by federal inspectors in Illinois underscored the challenges in taking an existing government program and supersizing it with stimulus cash.
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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