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Obama talking healthcare reform in Virginia

Jul. 1, 2009
The president is expected to press his core proposals and take questions from YouTube, Facebook and Twitter at a town hall-style event. President Obama travels to Virginia today for a multimedia town hall-style event designed to keep up the pressure for a healthcare reform plan.
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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