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Army Sgt. Salvatore Giunta is the first living soldier to be awarded the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War. The following are images from the ceremony, his service in Afghanistan and his family life. 

pLouisiana's Medicaid program on Wednesday started providing health care through private managed care networks in nine parishes around New Orleans, the first step in a sweeping revamp of the program that provides care to the poor./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FWxM9TRlFW7syMg52uQRzRkXOIw/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FWxM9TRlFW7syMg52uQRzRkXOIw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FWxM9TRlFW7syMg52uQRzRkXOIw/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FWxM9TRlFW7syMg52uQRzRkXOIw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~4/yCSWzrK3XWE" height="1" width="1"/

pA multibillion-dollar stimulus push to modernize the nation's power grid is raising cybersecurity concerns, as the Department of Energy's official watchdog reports that dozens of grant recipients came to the table with inadequate security plans.#160;/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/EtJ6cviwDPZt0or3kmI4WJwn0ro/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/EtJ6cviwDPZt0or3kmI4WJwn0ro/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/EtJ6cviwDPZt0or3kmI4WJwn0ro/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/EtJ6cviwDPZt0or3kmI4WJwn0ro/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~4/UDAI0Lb0um8" height="1" width="1"/

pRepublicans Rick Santorum and Ron Paul looked beyond Saturday's presidential caucuses in Nevada, eyeing contests further down the nominating calendar and signaling the results were unlikely to change their strategy in a race that seemed to have become a two-man contest between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.#160;/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rTwfsv08soP-15MA92fE-FY6nx8/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rTwfsv08soP-15MA92fE-FY6nx8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rTwfsv08soP-15MA92fE-FY6nx8/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rTwfsv08soP-15MA92fE-FY6nx8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~4/JenVuzOcT28" height="1" width="1"/

pPennsylvania officials are wading into the controversial territory of drug-testing welfare recipients, testing out a new program Republicans say is meant to prevent beneficiaries from getting a "free ride."#160;/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/M_fpOxtCZr19jpktojahHniZE0Q/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/M_fpOxtCZr19jpktojahHniZE0Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/M_fpOxtCZr19jpktojahHniZE0Q/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/M_fpOxtCZr19jpktojahHniZE0Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~4/3T1lOKm8qak" height="1" width="1"/

pRussia and China vetoed a United Nations resolution Saturday calling on Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, despite fresh appeals by President Obama and other world leaders following the deadly assault by Syrian forces on the city of Homs.#160;/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VatdLFg7JQeUiJZ105qnfEqsDko/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VatdLFg7JQeUiJZ105qnfEqsDko/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VatdLFg7JQeUiJZ105qnfEqsDko/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VatdLFg7JQeUiJZ105qnfEqsDko/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~4/U_gLCDQkNis" height="1" width="1"/

pPresident Barack Obama on Saturday accused the Syrian regime of showing a "disdain for human life and dignity" after the massacre of hundreds of civilians in the flashpoint city of Homs./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2DFuRsaB3RONjLRSYKl9RP4p7kM/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2DFuRsaB3RONjLRSYKl9RP4p7kM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2DFuRsaB3RONjLRSYKl9RP4p7kM/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2DFuRsaB3RONjLRSYKl9RP4p7kM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~4/wD_hkQ-L-a8" height="1" width="1"/

pRepublicans are gearing up for another showdown over the Canada-to-Texas Keystone pipeline, pushing a bill that would compel approval of the project after President Obama denied a critical permit.#160;/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/yKb5s8dlUCLy4VhISfn-XOJTiXw/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/yKb5s8dlUCLy4VhISfn-XOJTiXw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/yKb5s8dlUCLy4VhISfn-XOJTiXw/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/yKb5s8dlUCLy4VhISfn-XOJTiXw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~4/HdyItJGROQY" height="1" width="1"/

pRepublican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Friday he will fight an Indiana election board's ruling that he does not have enough support to appear on the state ballot in the May 8 primary.#160;/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rDFkOIW1xaF3GQ1VF2Vu08p9-vQ/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rDFkOIW1xaF3GQ1VF2Vu08p9-vQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rDFkOIW1xaF3GQ1VF2Vu08p9-vQ/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rDFkOIW1xaF3GQ1VF2Vu08p9-vQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~4/y69h94r83i0" height="1" width="1"/

pPresident Obama is rallying support for his plan to expand government assistance to homeowners, pressuring Congress to help lower lending rates for millions of strapped homeowners.#160;/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/xPRms4W3jXTgLyDEKHwKVYZL89I/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/xPRms4W3jXTgLyDEKHwKVYZL89I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/xPRms4W3jXTgLyDEKHwKVYZL89I/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/xPRms4W3jXTgLyDEKHwKVYZL89I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~4/YInXJWyVTaw" height="1" width="1"/

pAfter a string of hard-fought elections, Mitt Romney was looking to sail to a relatively smooth victory Saturday in the Nevada presidential caucuses -- as Newt Gingrich and the rest of the Republican field turned their attention to the contests ahead.#160;/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/xdmNnt9rTZFUCPTyGhkt4mULyzA/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/xdmNnt9rTZFUCPTyGhkt4mULyzA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/xdmNnt9rTZFUCPTyGhkt4mULyzA/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/xdmNnt9rTZFUCPTyGhkt4mULyzA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~4/hACry7z9cpc" height="1" width="1"/

pRepublican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has little hope for an upset in Nevada's caucuses and instead is looking to best rival Ron Paul for second place./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VVM0IqN6zUV-t98WCYyP89HLNpw/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VVM0IqN6zUV-t98WCYyP89HLNpw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VVM0IqN6zUV-t98WCYyP89HLNpw/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VVM0IqN6zUV-t98WCYyP89HLNpw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~4/AdWMl86jTV8" height="1" width="1"/

pIndiana's top elections official has been found guilty of six of seven voter fraud-related charges and faces removal from office./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DgjPxQZQ_hHIaGKzeigtmts9nrQ/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DgjPxQZQ_hHIaGKzeigtmts9nrQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DgjPxQZQ_hHIaGKzeigtmts9nrQ/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DgjPxQZQ_hHIaGKzeigtmts9nrQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~4/5hyx47gLHUQ" height="1" width="1"/

pA drop in the unemployment rate is always good economic news, but those of all political stripes say .. it's not as good as it looks./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/c9-biQk3ySwNOFyopXkDw64vP2A/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/c9-biQk3ySwNOFyopXkDw64vP2A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/c9-biQk3ySwNOFyopXkDw64vP2A/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/c9-biQk3ySwNOFyopXkDw64vP2A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~4/MLZLWcDux2k" height="1" width="1"/

pPressure is building on Google. On Friday, the European Union asked Google to the delay the rollout of its new privacy policy, scheduled for March 1, until the E.U. can work out whether it is in line with Europe's data protection laws.#160;/p p#160;/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/gW3c19vRRIc4t4SUzVNnsBQJMro/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/gW3c19vRRIc4t4SUzVNnsBQJMro/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/gW3c19vRRIc4t4SUzVNnsBQJMro/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/gW3c19vRRIc4t4SUzVNnsBQJMro/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~4/WVv3L-5nBFw" height="1" width="1"/

pWith election season in full swing, the Labor Department reports are bound to serve as a political football every month until November, and with his administration under fire on the campaign trail for slow economic growth despite stimulus funding and other measures, Obama is eager for some good news./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LHbt7V7qnS-yg8Kd_jEKUjOVJuo/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LHbt7V7qnS-yg8Kd_jEKUjOVJuo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LHbt7V7qnS-yg8Kd_jEKUjOVJuo/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LHbt7V7qnS-yg8Kd_jEKUjOVJuo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~4/WSx5cGnTWpA" height="1" width="1"/

pWashington Post report is the first to use such a specific timeframe, after Fox News previously reported concerns from former members of Obama's national security team that a unilateral strike from Israel could occur sometime in 2012./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/X9MbThUvEefKXWLH4FqSkAZm9o0/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/X9MbThUvEefKXWLH4FqSkAZm9o0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/X9MbThUvEefKXWLH4FqSkAZm9o0/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/X9MbThUvEefKXWLH4FqSkAZm9o0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~4/wKvB_ZeO1aE" height="1" width="1"/

pProposed legislation in the state of Ohio would ban the purchase of lions, bears, gorillas and other exotic animals, but it also would allow current owners of such animals to keep the pets if they meet strict new requirements./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/gYXnrr71NHkxdN7pF46nZ3Dk3mg/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/gYXnrr71NHkxdN7pF46nZ3Dk3mg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/gYXnrr71NHkxdN7pF46nZ3Dk3mg/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/gYXnrr71NHkxdN7pF46nZ3Dk3mg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~4/8qLmy0vOZqc" height="1" width="1"/

pThe Air Force says it will cut the service by nearly 10,000 active, National Guard and Reserve airmen next year, as part of a broad move to downsize and shift capabilities around the country to be better prepared for wars of the future./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RSIDRi9qQUyJeGS8aiLSn72DIOA/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RSIDRi9qQUyJeGS8aiLSn72DIOA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RSIDRi9qQUyJeGS8aiLSn72DIOA/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RSIDRi9qQUyJeGS8aiLSn72DIOA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~4/yslbmKGYTTk" height="1" width="1"/

pMitt Romney and Newt Gingrich showed no interest in going easy on each other heading into Saturday's Nevada caucuses, despite polls that show the former Massachusetts governor well ahead in the contest.#160;/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-XMbABO24sI26FP7U2ey-UfXnHM/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-XMbABO24sI26FP7U2ey-UfXnHM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-XMbABO24sI26FP7U2ey-UfXnHM/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-XMbABO24sI26FP7U2ey-UfXnHM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~4/Y7M6SwA9CLk" height="1" width="1"/