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Obama speaks to Veterans Day crowd: 'That is why we fight'

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Nov. 11, 2009
Obama addresses veterans and their families at Arlington National Cemetery. The holiday comes as the nation reels from the Ft. Hood shootings and the loss of U.S. lives in Afghanistan. On a day when Americans acknowledge the service of veterans past, President Obama today told members of the...
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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