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Obama talks tough in urging healthcare reform

Jul. 21, 2009
The president calls for quick action and criticizes attempts to delay as a move to kill reform. Critics say: What's the rush? Urging lawmakers to move quickly to enact healthcare reform, President Obama today criticized the "politics of the moment" in Washington and said attempts to...
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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