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Obama hails climate-change bill

Jun. 28, 2009
The energy legislation passed Friday by the House 'is going to seem like common sense in hindsight,' President Obama says. President Obama this afternoon called a House-passed energy bill "an extraordinary first step" toward halting global warming and reducing the use of fossil fuels,...
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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