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President Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak are welcomed by local schoolchildren during a rainy state arrival ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Obama welcomes South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak reaches out to local schoolchildren during a rainy state arrival ceremony with President Obama on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Obama welcomes South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Obama welcomes South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Obama smiles as he welcomes South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a rainy state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Obama greets South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Obama welcomes South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Obama welcomes South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Obama speaks Oct. 12, 2011, at the White House Forum on American Latino Heritage at the Interior Department in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Protester Andy Shallal of Washington paints "Foreclosed" on a cardboard house as hundreds of protesters gather at Freedom Plaza before marching to the White House in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Sheila Culkin of Chicago shields the sun with her sign as she stands with hundreds of protesters, upset about a variety of issues, from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed and jobs, in Freedom Plaza before marching to the White House and U.S. Chamber of Commerce headquarters and along K Street Northwest in Washington on Oct. 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Hundreds of protesters upset about a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed march from the White House to the Chamber of Commerce after rallying on Freedom Plaza in NW Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Head Roc, a hip hop artist from Washington, DC performs for hundreds of protesters, upset about a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed and jobs, at Freedom Plaza before protesters march to the White House, Chamber of Commerce and along K Street in NW Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Signs concerning a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed and jobs are layed out at Freedom Plaza as hundreds of protesters gather before marching to the White House, Chamber of Commerce and along K Street in NW Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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A group from Wisconsin marches to a stage where hundreds of protesters, upset about a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed and jobs, gather at Freedom Plaza before marching to the White House, Chamber of Commerce and along K Street in NW Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Sheila Culkin of Chicago shields the sun with her sign as she stands with hundreds of protesters, upset about a variety of issues, from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed and jobs, in Freedom Plaza before marching to the White House and U.S. Chamber of Commerce headquarters and along K Street Northwest in Washington on Oct. 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A protest group calling themselves the Raging Grannies sing on stage as hundreds of protesters, upset about a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed and jobs, gather at Freedom Plaza before marching to the White House, Chamber of Commerce and along K Street in NW Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Protester Jim Goodnow, a non-combat Vietnam veteran from Terlingua, Texas, has "End warfare, not healthcare written on his cast while he joins hundreds of protesters upset about a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed and jobs at Freedom Plaza before marching to the White House, Chamber of Commerce and along K Street in NW Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Code Pink protesters Medea Venjamin, left, tapes up a foreclosure sign on a painted cardboard house while hundreds of protesters, upset about a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed and jobs, gather at Freedom Plaza before marching to the White House, Chamber of Commerce and along K Street in NW Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)