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Obama urges compromise on labor bill

May. 14, 2009
President Barack Obama says he hopes a compromise would preserve the core ideas of labor-backed legislation and persuade holdout senators to support making it easier for workers to form unions. Obama said Thursday there is still a chance to pass the bill, but...
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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