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President Barack Obama

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President barack Obama plays with a super soaker water gun in a undisclosed location on this image posted on Twitter by Vice President Joe Biden.

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President Barack Obama listens as United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron offers a toast during the State Dinner on the South Lawn of the White House.

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President Barack Obama talks with Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom aboard Marine One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Md., before traveling on to Dayton, Ohio.

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President Barack Obama visits the Dubliner, an Irish pub in Washington, D.C., with his Irish cousin, Henry Healy, center, and Ollie Hayes, a pub owner in Moneygall, Ireland, right, on St. Patrick's 2012.

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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden talk following a meeting in the Oval Office.

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President Barack Obama signs the prosthetic arm of Sgt. Carlos Evans, USMC, after greeting wounded warriors in the East Room during their tour of the White House.

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President Barack Obama talks with students during game one of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at the University of Dayton Arena in Dayton, Ohio.

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President Barack Obama greets neighbors and supporters upon his arrival to an Atlanta, Ga.

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President Barack Obama works on his speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) with Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, in the Oval Office.

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President Barack Obama meets with Chief of Staff Jack Lew, Gene Sperling, Director of the National Economic Council, and Alan Krueger, Council of Economic Advisers Chair, in the Oval Office.

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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host a Passover Seder Dinner for family, staff and friends, in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House.

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President Barack Obama talks on the phone with President-elect Vladimir Putin of Russia while aboard Air Force One en route to Richmond, Virginia. Alice Wells, Senior Director for Russian Affairs, listens in on the call.

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President Barack Obama talks with Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, in the Oval Office. Nabors informed President Obama that a bipartisan agreement was reached to extend the payroll tax cut.

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President Barack Obama talks on the phone with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai from his vehicle outside the Jane E. Lawton Community Center in Chevy Chase, Md.

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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama talk in the Green Room of the White House before hosting a Smithsonian Museum of African American History reception.

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President Barack Obama makes phone calls to 10 American service members stationed around the world, from his vacation rental home in Kailua, Hawaii.

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President Barack Obama plays with Bo, the Obama family dog, aboard Air Force One during a flight to Hawaii, Dec. 23, 2011.

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President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia attend the Christmas in Washington taping at the National Building Museum in Washington.

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President Barack Obama plays in the snow with his daughters around the White House.

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President Obama and Bill Clinton talk before an impromptu news conference.

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President Obama jokes around with First Lady Michelle Obama in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House.

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President Obama meets with Speaker of the House John Boehner on the patio near the Oval Office on July 3 as they discuss a possible debt deal.

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President Obama talks with members of his staff in the Oval Office following a meeting with the congressional leaders on July 7. Pictured with the president, from left, are: Chief of Staff Bill Daley; Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs; Bruce Reed, Chief of Staff to the Vice President; National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling; Jason Furman, Principal Deputy Director of the National Economic Council; Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew; Senior Advisor David Plouffe; and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

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President Obama meets with staff to discuss the debt talks in the Oval Office on July 11.

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President Obama meets with congressional leaders cabinet room of the White House on July 13. Pictured, from left, are: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

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President Obama and Vice President Biden meet with House Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the Oval Office on July 20.

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President Obama meets with senior advisors in the Chief of Staff's West Wing Office at the White House on July 21. Pictured, from left, are: National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling; Bruce Reed, Chief of Staff to the Vice President; and Phil Schiliro, Assistant to the President and Special Advisor.

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President Obama and Vice President Biden meet the Democratic leaders in the Oval Office on July 21. Pictured, from left, are: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

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President Obama and Vice President Biden meet with congressional leaders in the cabinet room of the White House to a the debt ceiling on July 23 Pictured, from left, are: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, OMB Director Jack Lew, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, and House Speaker John Boehner.

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President Obama and Vice President Biden walk around the South Lawn of the White House on July 24.

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President Obama and Vice President Biden talk with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi following their meeting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the Oval Office on July 30.

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President Obama and Vice President Biden are briefed by Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, during a meeting in Chief of Staff Bill Daley's West Wing office at the White House on July 30.

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President Obama talks with senior advisors in the Oval Office on July 31. Pictured, from left, are: Vice President Joe Biden; Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs; OMB Director Jack Lew; Pete Rouse, Counselor to the President; and Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett.

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President Obama meets with senior advisors in the Chief of Staff Bill Daley's West Wing office at the White House on July 31. Pictured, from left, are: National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling; Chief of Staff Bill Daley; Bruce Reed, Chief of Staff to the Vice President; Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs; OMB Director Jack Lew; Vice President Joe Biden; and Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett.

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President Obama talks on the phone with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi in the Oval Office during the debt talks on July 31. Pictured, from left, are: Phil Schiliro; Assistant to the President and Special Advisor; Senior Advisor David Plouffe; Nancy-Ann DeParle, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy; Bruce Reed, Chief of Staff to the Vice President; Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs; and Vice President Joe Biden.

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President Obama meets with senior advisors in the Oval Office to discuss the debt talks on July 31. Pictured, from left, are: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner; Chief of Staff Bill Daley; National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling; OMB Director Jack Lew; Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett; Bruce Reed, Chief of Staff to the Vice President; and Counsel to the President Kathryn Ruemmler.

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President Obama talks on the phone with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in Chief of Staff Bill Daley's West Wing Office at the White House during debt talks on July 31. Daley, National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner also are in the room.

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Vice President Biden looks out the window as President Obama talks on the phone with House Speaker John Boehner in the Oval Office about a debt deal on July 31.

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President Obama and Vice President Biden shake hands in the Oval Office following a phone call with House Speaker John Boehner securing a bipartisan debt deal on July 31.

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President Obama and Vice President Biden talk in a West Wing hallway at the White House between meetings to discuss the debt talks on July 31

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President Obama signs the Budget Control Act of 2011 in the Oval Office on Aug. 2.

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President Obama punches his fists in the air as he stops in his chief of staff's office to monitor their progress in lobbying members of Congress to vote for the health care bill.

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Before a prayer breakfast, the President Obama meet privately with clergy members in the Blue Room at the White House.

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President makes phone calls in the Oval Office to continue pressing Congressmen to vote for the health care reform bill.

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he President and First Lady were dance along to the music of the Harry Connick, Jr., Big Band at the Governors Ball.

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The President was in Baltimore to speak to the GOP House Issues Conference. As he was about to greet the House Republican leaders backstage, the President suggested to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHoodña Republican that he provide blocking for him as he entered the room.

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President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and members of the national security team receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House.

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A man gives President Obama bunny ears as their photo is snapped in Missouri.

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White House Trip Director Marvin Nicholson stops to weigh himself on a scale in a locker room at the University of Texas. Unbeknownst to him, the President was stepping on the back of the scale, as Marvin continued to slide the scale lever. Everyone but Marvin was in on the joke.

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After a day filled with meetings, the President heads to the White House basketball court to shoot a few baskets with his personal aide Reggie Love.

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President Obama tilts his head to the very shy daughter of Sen. Jack Reed.

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President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and many others converse in The Situation Room .

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The President and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev look at the menu en route to Ray's Hell Burger where they stopped and had hamburgers for lunch.

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Rain and lightening cancels a Memorial Day speech from President Obama outside Chicago.

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On a weekend trip to Acadia National Park in Maine, President Obama shows his daughters, Malia and Sasha, how to skip stones during a hike in the park

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In India, the President was finally persuaded to join the First Lady on the dance floor at Holy Name High School in Mumbai.

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Waiting backstage to be introduced, President Obama wraps his arms around the First Lady before an outdoor rally in Columbus, Ohio.

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President Obama joins a toast with Technology Business Leaders at a dinner in Woodside, California, Feb. 17.

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The President has makes one of several trips to Walter Reed Army Medical Center to visit wounded soldiers.

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Paul McCartney sings "Michelle" to First Lady Michelle Obama during an event honoring McCartney as winner of the annual Gershwin Prize.

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President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and their daughters, Malia and Sasha, sit for a family portrait in the Oval Office.