White House

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House Speaker John A. Boehner (center), accompanied by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (right) and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, leave the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, following a luncheon with President Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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** FILE ** Singer Barbra Streisand arrives at the White House for a state dinner in honor of Chinese President Hu Jintao on Jan. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Egyptian flags wave during a Jan. 29 demonstration in front of the White House demanding that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak step down. (Associated Press)

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President Obama meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Sept. 1, 2010. U.S. intelligence agencies' failure to predict the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt had drawn criticism from the White House and Congress. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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President Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan, with their dog Rex, wave to White House visitors on July 27, 1986. (Associated Press)

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President Reagan announces the resignation of Chief Justice Warren E. Burger (right) during a briefing at the White House on June 17, 1986. Reagan said he would nominate Justice William H. Rehnquist (second from right) to the post of chief justice and Antonin Scalia (left) as a member of the Supreme Court. (Associated Press)

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House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr. (right) leans forward to ask President Reagan a question during the Social Security bill-signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on April 20, 1983, as various political figures look on. (Associated Press)

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First lady Nancy Reagan gives a loving look toward President Reagan as they walk outside the White House on July 16, 1986. The Reagans were waiting to greet their state dinner guest, Pakistani Prime Minister Mohammad Khan Junejo. (Associated Press)

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White House press secretary Robert Gibbs briefs reporters Wednesday at the White House on the situation in Egypt. (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks about the situation in Egypt in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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President Obama leaves the lectern at the White House on Tuesday after speaking about the crisis in Egypt. He praised President Hosni Mubarak's decision not to seek re-election in September. (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks Tuesday in the Grand Foyer of the White House about the situation in Egypt. (Associated Press)

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In this photo released by the White House, President Obama is briefed on the events in Egypt by his national security team in the Situation Room of the White House on Saturday. Thousands of protesters in Egypt have thrown the country's 30-year-old regime into tumult. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Then-White House press secretary Robert Gibbs listens to a question on Egypt during his daily news briefing in the White House in Washington on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel smiles Thursday at Wishbone Restaurant in Chicago after being endorsed by Rep. Mike Quigley. (Associated Press)

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The motorcade carrying President Barack Obama makes its way through a snowstorm near Morningside, Md, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, en route to the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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People line the street Wednesday to greet President Obama during his visit to Manitowoc, Wis., part of the "White House to Main Street Tour," where he was to visit several renewable-energy factories and talk about jobs and the economy. (Associated Press)

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On the day of his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama strides from the Oval Office along the Colonnade at the White House in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Obama strides from the Oval Office along the Colonnade at the White House in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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From left; President Barack Obama meets Michaele Salahi, President Bush and first lady Laura Bush, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton dances with Argentine President Carlos Menem and (background) Mexico President Vicente Fox saw fireworks at his White House visit. (Photos: Associated Press and The Washington Times)