Barack Obama

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President Barack Obama, accompanied by Elizabeth Warren, right, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, announces that Warren will head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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President Barack Obama shakes hands with Elizabeth Warren, right, as Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner left, looks on after announcing that Warren will head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Barack Obama, followed by Elizabeth Warren, center, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, walks of the Oval Office, to the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, where he announced that Warren will head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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President Obama issues a proclamation recognizing Constitution Day.

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President Barack Obama announces his recommendations to work on free trade agreements and to step up trade promotion at a meeting of his export council, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. He is flanked by Boeing President Jim McNerney, chair of the President's Export Council, left, and Xerox Corporation CEO Ursula Burns, vice chair of the President's Export Council. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Barack Obama announces his plans to work on free trade agreements and to step up trade promotion at a meeting of his export council, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Less than two months before congressional elections, and with the economy a top issue for voters, Obama is turning his attention to trade, highlighting his goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years to drive economic growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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From left, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, attend a meeting of President Obama's export council, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Less than two months before congressional elections, and with the economy a top issue for voters, Obama is turning his attention to trade, highlighting his goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years to drive economic growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Barack Obama announces his recommendations to work on free trade agreements and to step up trade promotion at a meeting of his export council, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Less than two months before congressional elections, and with the economy a top issue for voters, Obama is turning his attention to trade, highlighting his goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years to drive economic growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Small Business Administration head Karen Mills, left, and UPS CEO Scott Davis attend a meeting of President Obama's export council, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Less than two months before congressional elections, and with the economy a top issue for voters, Obama is turning his attention to trade, highlighting his goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years to drive economic growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Barack Obama announces his recommendations to work on free trade agreements and to step up trade promotion at a meeting of his export council, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. He is flanked by Boeing President Jim McNerney, chair of the President's Export Council, left, and XEROX CEO Ursula Burns, vice chair of the President's Export Council. Less than two months before congressional elections, and with the economy a top issue for voters, Obama is turning his attention to trade, highlighting his goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years to drive economic growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Barack Obama greets UPS CEO Scott Davis, as he arrives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, where the president announced his recommendations on free trade agreements at a meeting of his export council. At right is Vermeer Corporation President Mary Vermeer Andringa. Less than two months before congressional elections, and with the economy a top issue for voters, Obama is turning his attention to trade, highlighting his goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years to drive economic growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Barack Obama, center, speaks as Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, right, listen during a new conference on the economy in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept., 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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U.S President Barack Obama speaks during a Cabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington D.C. on September 15 2010. UPI/Olivier Douliery/Pool

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U.S President Barack Obama flanked by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates hosts a Cabinet Meeting as Secretary Of Defense Robert Gates looks on in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington D.C. on September 15 2010. UPI/Olivier Douliery/Pool

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Sen. George V. Voinovich, Ohio Republican (left), and Sen. George S. LeMieux, Florida Republican (right), broke with their party Tuesday to help Democrats advance President Obama's small-business assistance bill in the Senate. A final Senate vote is expected later this week. Then the bill must go back to the House for final approval.

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Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (second from right) and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter (left) greet President Obama upon his arrival at Philadelphia International Airport on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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In this book cover image released by Random House Children's Books, "Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters," by Barack Obama, is shown. (AP Photo/Random House Children's Books)

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Kashmiri protesters beat an effigy of President Obama after burning it in Srinagar, India. Indian forces battled Kashmiri protesters in the streets of the disputed territory Monday in demonstrations prompted in part by a report of the Koran being desecrated in the United States. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama talks with John Nicholas and Nicole Armstrong at their Fairfax, Va., home, where he discussed the economy. The couple's retirement and children's college savings have declined.

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President Obama laughs during his visit to the Fairfax, Va., home of John Nicholas and Nicole Armstrong and their twins, Trevor and Olivia, on Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)