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WASHINGTON - MARCH 09: U.S. President Barack Obama finishes signing an Executive Order on stem cell research at the White House March 9, 2009 in Washington, DC. By signing the order, Obama reverses a Bush administration policy restricting U.S funding for embryonic stem cell research that scientists hope will speed the search for cures to major illness.

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