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Obama promises to weed out wasteful spending

Nov. 26, 2008
Experts say that to make a serious dent in the $3-trillion federal budget, he will need to target Social Security and healthcare entitlements, which account for 54%. Such a move would be risky. President-elect Barack Obama delivered a message Tuesday that even as the nation girds for a major...
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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