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Mont. state Dem lawmakers join cap-and-trade push

Oct. 23, 2009
A pair of the Montana Legislature's Democrats say they will join leaders from other states to help President Barack Obama's administration push hotly contested federal clean-energy legislation in Congress. Rep. Mike Phillips of Bozeman and Sen. Dave...
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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