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McChrystal, Eikenberry Defend Afghan Plan On Hill

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Dec. 8, 2009
Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top commander in Afghanistan, joins U.S. ambassador Karl Eikenberry in testimony to Congress a week after President Obama announced his new Afghanistan strategy. McChrystal said there are no "silver bullets" for success in Afghanistan.
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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