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Obama names Inez Moore Tenenbaum to head Consumer Product Safety Commission

May. 6, 2009
Though Tenenbaum, a former state education superintendent, is little known to consumer advocates, they hail the choice anyway. The president also names product safety expert Robert Adler to the panel. In nominating Inez Moore Tenenbaum on Tuesday to head the troubled Consumer Product Safety...
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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