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President Obama delivers remarks on the Affordable Care Act and the New Patients Bill of Rights, Tuesday, June 22, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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President Obama's top budget official, Peter Orszag, plans to step down later this year, White Houses sources said Tuesday, June 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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An absentee father "leaves a hole in a child's life," President Obama says Monday in Anacostia while announcing a mentoring program for fathers, including job training and violence prevention, and initiatives to help ex-offenders return to parenting. (Associated Press)

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President Obama shakes hands with Alex Caldwell, 8, of Houston as his father, the Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell (right) watches during a Father's Day event in Washington on Monday, June 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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In this June 16, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama makes a statement in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington after meeting with BP executives.

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President Barack Obama, wearing a White Sox baseball cap, attends a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the Chicago White Sox, Friday, June 18, 2010, in Washington. His daughter Malia is at left. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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President Obama waves as he leaves after delivering remarks at the groundbreaking of a road project funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Friday, June 18, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

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President Obama waves as he boards Air Force One at Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio, Friday, June 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Obama waves as he tours a Recovery Act highway project in Columbus, Ohio, Friday, June 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Obama tours a Recovery Act highway project in Columbus, Ohio, Friday, June 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Obama, accompanied by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, left, and others, delivers remarks at the groundbreaking of a road project funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Friday, June 18, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

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President Obama greets construction workers as he toured a Recovery Act highway project in Columbus, Ohio, Friday, June 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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A U.S. Marine leans into the rotor wash as President Obama, aboard Marine One, left, prepares to take off from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, June 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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President Obama delivers remarks at the groundbreaking of a road project funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Friday, June 18, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

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BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg, center, walks with Nicholas Colvin, staff assistant in the White House Counsel's office, right, as BP CEO Tony Hayward follows at left as they arrive at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 16, 2010, for a meeting President Obama. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward (second from left), BP America chief Lamar McKay (second from right), BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg (center) and other BP representatives arrive at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, June 16, 2001, for a meeting with President Obama. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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President Obama speaks during a nationally televised address from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Mr. Obama said the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is an urgent call for action to cut U.S. dependence on fossil fuels and vowed that BP PLC will be required to spend whatever is needed to repair damage caused by the company's "recklessness." (Bloomberg News/Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool)

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President Obama is pictured after delivering a televised address from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Tuesday June 15, 2010. Mr. Obama said the nation will continue to fight the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico for "as long as it takes." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg (center) walks with Nicholas Colvin, staff assistant in the White House counsel's office, as BP CEO Tony Hayward (left) follows as they arrive at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, for a meeting with President Obama. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward (left), BP America chief Lamar McKay (second from right) and other BP executives arrive at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, for a meeting with President Obama. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)