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Obama to visit China in mid-November

Aug. 22, 2009
The new U.S. ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman Jr., confirms what had been widely rumored. Huntsman met with journalists the day after arriving in Beijing. President Obama plans to make his first visit to China in mid-November, U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. announced today during his first...
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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