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** FILE ** President Obama answers a question during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Trick-or-treaters get their treat at the North Portico of the White House during a Halloween celebrations, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

** FILE ** John Brennan, deputy national security adviser for homeland security and counterterrorism, briefs reporters at the White House in Washington on Friday, Oct. 29, 2010, after President Obama made a statement about suspicious packages found on U.S.-bound planes. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Ben Rhodes is White House deputy national security adviser. (Associated Press)

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President Obama is introduced by Javier Garcia of Brownsville, Texas, before signing the Executive Order on the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. (Associated Press)

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The White House is bathed in pink light in recognition of October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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The White House is bathed in pink light in recognition of October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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The White House is bathed in pink light in recognition of October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Actor George Clooney speaks to reporters after meeting with President Barack Obama about his recent trip to Sudan at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama (C) speaks alongside Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (R) and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner as he delivers a statement on transportation infrastructure, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, October 11, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

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President Barack Obama puts his arm around Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood as they walk back into the Oval Office after Obama delivered a statement on transportation infrastructure, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, October 11, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

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White House senior adviser David Axelrod, appearing Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation," was challenged on administration assertions — claims repeated in a new Democratic commercial — that the Chamber of Commerce was using foreign dues money to finance political attack ads. (Associated Press)

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On CBS' "Face the Nation" on Sunday, White House senior adviser David Axelrod questioned the need for a blanket stoppage of all home foreclosures. (AP Photo/CBS, Chris Usher)

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President Obama stands with outgoing National Security Adviser James Jones, left, and his replacement, Tom Donilon, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes, Texas Democrat, watches as President Obama signs the Intelligence Authorization Bill, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington . (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Obama stands with Phil and Maureen Miller, parents of Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller, on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington as the soldier posthumously is awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)