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Obama to restart Bush terror suspect tribunals

May. 14, 2009
President Obama today will resume the Bush administration's highly controversial military tribunal system, according to three administration officials. Obama suspended the tribunals during his first week in office. Among the high-profile terror suspects being charged in the tribunal process is...
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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