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Obama seeks to beef up product safety panel

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May. 5, 2009
President Obama is turning to South Carolina's former school superintendent to head an expanded Consumer Product Safety Commission, an embattled agency criticized by advocates for being too cozy with industry. The president asked Congress Tuesday for $107...
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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