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President Barack Obama stands with Libby Little, whose husband Dr. Tom Little, an optometrist killed in Afghanistan, is posthumously awarded the 2010 Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama awards the 2010 Medal of Freedom to Warren Buffett during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama kisses author and poet Maya Angelou after awarding her the 2010 Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama awards cellist Yo-Yo Ma the 2010 Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama awards baseball hall of fame member, former St. Louis Cardinals great Stan "The Man" Musial the 2010 Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama awards civil rights activist Sylvia Mendez the 2010 Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama presents AFL-CIO President Emeritus John Sweeney the 2010 Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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** FILE ** President Barack Obama presents Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., the 2010 Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama awards Holocaust survivor and author Gerda Weissmann Klein a 2010 Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama presents a 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom to John H. Adams, co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference on the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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President Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, during the Medal of Freedom ceremony. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Obama, speaking at a news conference Tuesday, said he will push again for corporate tax increases that Congress failed to enact because "I continue to believe I'm right." (Associated Press)

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President Obama makes a statement about his budget during a press conference at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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CRITICAL: Rep. Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin (left) and fellow Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, presenting the GOP's response to Mr. Obama's budget, criticized its taxing and spending levels. (Associated Press)

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EDUCATION INITIATIVE: President Obama visits teacher Susan Yoder's science class at Parkville Middle School and Center of Technology in Parkville, Md., on Monday. Mr. Obama's $3.7 trillion fiscal 2012 budget boosts overall education spending by 11 percent. (Associated Press)

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President Barack Obama steps off Marine One helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington as he returns from Baltimore, Md., Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Copies of President Obama's 2012 budget are delivered to the Senate Budget Committee, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Barack Obama walks with budget director Jack Lew and Education Secretary Arne Duncan on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington as they travel to Baltimore, Md., Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and the Senate Budget Committee's top Republican, Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, right, give the GOP response to President Obama's budget submission for Fiscal Year 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)