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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!(Nov. 17) -- Get elected president, win 11 NBA championships or become Warren Buffett, and you too may receive a Presidential Medal of Freedom. The White House announced today that President Barack Obama has named 15 recipients of the nation's highest civilian honor -- the Presidential Medal of Freedom -- to be presented at a ceremony next year. Among the recipients are 41st U.S. President George H.W. Bush, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, author Maya Angelou and world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is awarded to individuals for "especially meritorious ...
(Oct. 28) -- Please don't get carried away with the following statement. President Barack Obama plans to visit one of the world's largest mosques when he makes an upcoming trip to Indonesia, where he lived between the ages of 6 and 10. During his early November trip, Obama intends to visit the Istiqlal Mosque -- the national mosque of Indonesia and the third largest mosque in the world -- located in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta. Visiting a mosque while touring a Muslim region is standard protocol for the president, according to White House national security aide Ben Rhodes. "When he ...
(July 14) -- Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham has the inside scoop on the Obama family's personal life -- sort of. Ingraham's new book, "The Obama Diaries," released Tuesday by Threshold Editions, delves into the "secret diary" of the president, vice president, first lady and first mother-in-law. How was Ingraham blessed with the unlikely fate of encountering such a coveted personal account inside the Obama administration? From a secret informant similar to how the Watergate scandal developed, apparently: While Ingraham doesn't take kindly to her work being labeled as fiction -- ...
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