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President Barack Obama arrives to deliver a statement in the in the Old Executive Office Building, on the White House campus in Washington, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

President Barack Obama leaves after delivering a statement in the in the Old Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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First lady Michelle Obama stands with daughters Malia and Sasha as she receives the official White House Christmas tree, a Douglas Fir from the Crystal Spring Tree Farm in Leighton, Pa., at the White House in Washington on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama and daughters Sasha, center, and Malia, right, walks out of the Oval Office, the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010, to participate in an event to pardon "Apple," the National Thanksgiving turkey during a ceremony. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Apple, the National Thanksgiving Turkey, is pictured before being pardoned by President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama stands with National Turkey Federation Chairman Yubert Envia as he pets "Apple," the National Thanksgiving turkey during a ceremony to pardon the turkey in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Apple, the National Thanksgiving Turkey, walks around the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010, before being pardoned by President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Apple, the National Thanksgiving Turkey, is pictured before being pardoned by President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama stands with National Turkey Federation Chairman Yubert Envia as he pets "Apple," the National Thanksgiving turkey during a ceremony to pardon the turkey in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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President Obama stands with National Turkey Federation Chairman Yubert Envia, and daughters Malia and Sasha, obscured, as he pardons Apple, the National Thanksgiving Turkey, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010, during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, who rescued two members of his squad in October 2007 while fighting in the war in Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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FILE - In a Sept. 20, 2010 file photo, Barbara Walters attends the premiere of 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps' at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. ABC's Barbara Walters will interview President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at the White House for a network special to air the day after Thanksgiving. ABC said Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010 that the interview will be conducted at the White House on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and air Friday at 10 p.m. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)

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President Barack Obama stands with Marye Anne Fox, a renowned organic chemist and chancellor at the University of California, San Diego, at a ceremony for recipients of the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honors bestowed by the United States government on scientists, engineers, and inventors, at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, who rescued two members of his squad in October 2007 while fighting in the war in Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Barack Obama applauds after presenting the Medal of Honor to Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, who rescued two members of his squad in October 2007 while fighting in the war in Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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In this May 19, 2010, file photo, first lady Michelle Obama's Chief of Staff Susan Sher arrives for the State Dinner, at the White House in Washington. The first lady's office announced Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, that Ms. Sher will leave the White House and return to Chicago after the first of the year. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)

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Former Obama White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel shakes hands Oct. 11 along the route of Chicago's Columbus Day parade as he prepares to run to replace outgoing Mayor Richard M. Daley. (Associated Press)

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Slurpees are good to go at a 7-Eleven store in Concord, N.H. But there is no word yet on whether elected officials will be sipping the sweet slushy drink Thursday while discussing tax cuts in the White House at a gathering jokingly dubbed the "Slurpee Summit." (Associated Press)

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President Obama gestures as he moves off stage at the conclusion of a news conference in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday, at which he conceded Democrats took a "shellacking" by the voters Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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President Barack Obama walks past a portrait of former President Jimmy Carter, right, in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, as he headed to the East Room for a news conference the day after the midterm elections. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)