Barack Obama

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**FILE** President Obama welcomes Chinese President Hu Jintao as he arrives for a Group of 20 summit dinner in Pittsburgh in September 2009. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** In this photo from Feb. 1, President Obama makes a statement in the Grand Foyer of the White House. From left: Council of Economic Council Chair Christina Romer; Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner; the president; Budget Director Peter Orszag and chief economic adviser Lawrence Summers. (Associated Press)

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Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie has ordered the release of documentation on President Obama's birth "as quick as we can."

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A man looks out over the Chesapeake Bay with the Bay Bridge in the background at Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis, Md. The EPA announced its strategy Wednesday to restore the Chesapeake Bay, a year after President Obama issued an executive order to do so. (Associated Press)

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President Barack Obama walks away from the podium in the Brady Press Briefing room in the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Obama travels in a motorcade through the neighborhood where he is spending his holiday vacation in Kailua, Hawaii, on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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President Obama arrives at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu with Sen. Daniel K. Akaka (left) and Rep. Mazie K. Hirono, both Hawaii Democrats, on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

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** FILE ** President Barack Obama, left, and Russian president Dmitry Medvedev sign the New START treaty at the Prague Castle in Prague in this April 8, 2010, file photo. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS 'GRIDLOCK' BUSTER: President Obama discusses the Dream Act at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Wednesday. "This has been a season of progress for the American people," Mr. Obama said.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama waves from Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on Wednesday before departing for his Christmas vacation in Hawaii.

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President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, after signing the $858 billion tax deal into law in a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Then-Sen. Barack Obama walks the beach with daughters Malia (left) and Sasha during a vacation in Kailua, Hawaii, Aug. 12, 2008. The community is full of excitement over the family's return. (Associated Press)

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Conservative actor Jon Voight is an outspoken critic of President Obama's New START treaty. (AP Photo)

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BLOOMBERG "This compromise was to help people who were drowning," said Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., defending the compromise President Obama made with congressional Republicans to extend Bush-era tax cuts. The bill also included an extension of unemployment benefits to millions of Americans.

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** FILE ** President Obama (left) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign the New START nuclear pact at the Prague Castle in Prague on April 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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President Obama, left, shakes hands with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, right, after signing the $858 billion tax deal into law in a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Barack Obama updates the status of the tax-cut deal struck with congressional Republicans, at the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 13, 2010. The legislation would avert a Jan. 1 increase in income taxes for nearly all Americans, including middle and high earners. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Associated Press President Obama discusses the Afghanistan-Pakistan annual review Thursday as (from left) Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Marine Gen. James Cartwright look on.

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Associated Press POWWOW: President Obama greets guests after speaking Thursday at the White House Tribal Nations Conference at the Interior Department.

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Associated Press World War II-era Navajo Code Talkers listen to President Obama speak Thursday at the White House Tribal Nations Conference, which was attended by representatives of the nation's 565 recognized American Indian tribes.