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Obama to meet McCain as staff takes shape

Nov. 16, 2008
Less than two weeks after the end of their hard-fought campaign battle, President-elect Barack Obama and former GOP candidate John McCain will meet Monday. The meeting comes as Obama continues to build his White House staff, and a day after Republicans offered support for Hillary Clinton as a...
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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