Obama Behind the Scenes
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Barack Obama enters the South Portico of the White House.
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Barack Obama signs the prosthetic arm of Sgt. Carlos Evans after greeting wounded warriors in the East Room during their tour of the White House. First lady Michelle Obama first met Evans, who was injured in Afghanistan while on his fourth combat deployment, during a visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 2010.
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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 Day.
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Barack Obama talks with Sen. Patrick Leahy and Marcelle Leahy aboard Air Force One en route to Burlington, Vt.
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Obama laughs with British Prime Minister David Cameron as they sit in the stands at University of Dayton Arena in Dayton, Ohio, attending the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship.
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Obama and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick listen as students from Orchard Gardens K-8 School in Roxbury, Mass., perform Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House.
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Obama joins in singing "Sweet Home Chicago" during the "In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues" concert in the East Room of the White House. Participants include, from left: Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, Jeff Beck, Derek Trucks, B.B. King, and Gary Clark, Jr.
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Obama greets students from Medina Elementary School in Medina, Wash.
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Obama exits a 787 Dreamliner to greet workers and deliver remarks at the Boeing-Everett Production Facility in Everett, Wash.
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Obama sits in the cockpit of a 767 during his tour of the Boeing Plant production facility in Everett, Wash.
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Lauren Fleming, the 2011 March of Dimes National Ambassador, looks up as her brother Corbin touches President Barack Obama's face during a visit to the Oval Office.
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Obama reacts as 14-year-old Joey Hudy of Phoenix, Ariz., launches a marshmallow from Hudy's "Extreme Marshmallow Cannon" during a tour of the White House Science Fair in the State Dining Room of the White House.
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Obama participates in an interview with YouTube and Google+ to discuss his State of the Union address in the Roosevelt Room of the White House,. The interview was held through a Google+ Hangout, making it the first completely virtual interview from the White House.
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Obama and first lady Michelle greet Tuskeegee Airmen in the East Garden Room of the White House prior to a screening of the film, “Red Tails” in the Family Theater.
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Members of the Price family watch as Obama presents Defense Superior Service Medal to departing Military Aide Lt. Col. Sam Price in the Oval Office.
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Obama looks out the windows of Air Force One with Nicky and Zachary DeParle, sons of Nancy-Ann DeParle, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, during a flight to Hawaii.
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Obama talks to Secret Service Uniformed Division officers as he walks through the magnetometer in the Northwest Gatehouse at the White House, following his visit to Blair House. The President told a reporter as he exited the gatehouse, "I just wanted to see what it was like getting in here."
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Obama arrives aboard Marine One at Osawatomie-Paola Municipal Airport in Osawatomie, Kan.
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The President and Bo, the Obama family dog, ride in the presidential motorcade en route to PetSmart in Alexandria, Va. The President bought Bo some Christmas gifts at the pet store then walked nearby to Best Buy to purchase gifts for his daughters.
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Cooper Wall Wagner, 8 months, reaches out to touch Barack Obama as he poses for a photo with Cooper's parents as Obama greets military personnel at Marine Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay on Christmas Day.
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Barack Obama shops for Christmas gifts with his dog Bo at Petsmart in Alexandria, Va.
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Obama, first lady Michelle, and their daughters, Sasha and Malia, sit for a family portrait in the Oval Office.
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Obama and first lady Michelle walk to the White House upon returning from Fort Bragg, N.C., where they met US troops.
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The first family attends the Christmas in Washington taping at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
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Obama is handed a piece of paper to autograph following remarks on the end of America’s war in Iraq, at Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, N.C.
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Obama greets Navy player Alexander Teich prior to performing the coin toss before the Army vs. Navy annual football game at Fedex Field in Landover, Md.
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Obama and his family wait backstage before the lighting of the National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C.
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Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard greet members of the Royal Australian Air Force after delivering remarks on the U.S. and Australian Alliance, in Darwin, Australia.
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Obama looks out a window of Air Force One during the flight from Canberra to Darwin, Australia.
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Obama greets people following a ceremony to honor the French and American Alliance, at a World War I Memorial at the Hotel de Ville in Cannes, France.
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Janet Kavandi, Director of Flight Crew Operations at Johnson Space Center, presents Obama with a jacket during a drop by with the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis in the Oval Office. The jacket features patches from several past space shuttle missions.
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President Barack Obama laughs with daughters Malia and Sasha while watching performers during the annual lighting of the National Christmas tree in Washington, D.C.
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Obama buys books at Kramerbooks with his daughters Sasha and Malia in Washington, D.C.
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Obama and first lady Michelle watch the Oregon State vs. Towson basketball game in Towson, MD.
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President Barack Obama makes Thanksgiving Day phone calls to U.S. troops from the Oval Office.
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Obama and the first family fill bags with produce at the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington, D.C.
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Obama laughs with daughters Sasha and Malia after pardoning 'Liberty', a 19-week old, 45-pound turkey at the North Portico of the White House.
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Obama meets with Chris and Kathy Corkery and their sons Andrew and Nicholas at Julien's Corner Kitchen restaurant in Manchester, N.H.
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President Obama greets five-year-old Seattle Brown after he spoke about jobs at Manchester High School Central in Manchester, N.H.
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Obama has his picture taken with a member of the U.S. Navy on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson.
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Obama and first lady Michelle board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, Nov. 11, 2011.
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Obama visits a classroom at Yeadon Regional Head Start Center in Yeadon, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011.
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Obama, along with Press Secretary Jay Carney, left, and Trip Director Marvin Nicholson, right, play basketball between events at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., Oct. 25, 2011.
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Obama and Jay Leno joke backstage before taping "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in Burbank, Calif., Oct. 25, 2011.
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Obama stops to buy pumpkins at Wood's Orchard in Hampton, Va, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011.
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Obama visits Mast General Store in Boone, N.C., during a stop on the American Jobs Act bus tour, Oct. 17, 2011.
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President Barack Obama walks up the steps of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Md., Monday, Oct. 17, 2011.
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Obama and President Lee Myung-bak of the Republic of Korea participate in the State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Oct. 13, 2011.
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Obama visits a wounded warrior for a Purple Heart presentation at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Oct. 10, 2011.
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Obama holds a child after delivering remarks on the American Jobs Act beneath the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 22, 2011.
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Obama and first lady Michelle along with former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush pause at the North Memorial Pool of the National September 11 Memorial in New York City on Sept. 11, 2011.
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Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are briefed by Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, during a meeting in Chief of Staff Bill Daley's office in the White House to discuss ongoing efforts to find a balanced approach to the debt limit and deficit reduction.
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Obama and Biden walk around the South Lawn of the White House.
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Joe Paulsen, Advance Office site lead, holds the curtain for Obama and first lady Michelle as they are introduced during the Pritzker Architecture Prize award ceremony at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C.
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Obama greets supporters in Monegall, Ireland.
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Obama and personal aide Reggie Love fill in to coach Sasha Obama's basketball game when two coaches weren't able to make it to the game.