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Look to Future Has Glare of Present Problem: Woods

Jan. 5, 2010
Reporters asked the PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem questions focused almost exclusively on Tiger Woods, the absent elephant in the interview room.
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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