LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 19: President Barack Obama holds a town hall style meeting at the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex during his first visit to southern California as president on March 19, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. His two-day visit to the region will also include stops for a town hall meeting in Costa Mesa, a tour of the Edison International Vehicle Electrics Plant in Pomona, and an appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Getty Images logo Getty Images 8 months ago

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 19: President Barack Obama holds a town hall style meeting at the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex during his first visit to southern California as president on March 19, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. His two-day visit to the region will also include stops for a town hall meeting in Costa Mesa, a tour of the Edison International Vehicle Electrics Plant in Pomona, and an appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

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  1. President Obama speaks during the pardoning of the National Thanksgiving Turkey, Courage, in a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.
  2. President Obama, center, walks out with his daughters Malia, right, and Sasha, left, to pardon the National Thanksgiving Turkey, Courage, in a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.
  3. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 25: U.S. President Barack Obama, followed by his daughter Malia (L), walks towards the podium during an event to pardon a turkey named 'Courage' at the North Portico of the White House November 25, 2009 in Washington, DC. Presidential pardon of a turkey has been a long time Thanksgiving tradition that dates back the Harry Truman administration.
  4. President Obama, with daughters Malia, far right, Sasha, second from the right, extends his arm as he pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey, Courage, in a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. With Obama are Elizabeth Pelletier, far left, Paul Hill, center left, and Walter Pelletier, from the National Turkey Federation.
  5. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 25: Malia Obama (2nd R), daughter of U.S. President Barack Obama (R), pats a turkey named 'Courage' as her sister Sasha (C ) and Walter Pelletier (L), Chairman of the National Turkey Federation look on during a presidential pardon at the North Portico of the White House November 25, 2009 in Washington, DC. Presidential pardon of a turkey has been a long time Thanksgiving tradition that dates back the Harry Truman administration.
  6. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 25: Daughters of U.S. President Barack Obama, Malia (R) and Sasha (C), look at a turkey named 'Courage' with Walter Pelletier (L), Chairman of the National Turkey Federation, during a presidential pardon at the North Portico of the White House November 25, 2009 in Washington, DC. Presidential pardon of a turkey has been a long time Thanksgiving tradition that dates back the Harry Truman administration.
  7. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 25: U.S. President Barack Obama, followed by his daughters Sasha (L) and Malia (2nd L), walks towards the podium during an event to pardon a turkey named 'Courage' at the North Portico of the White House November 25, 2009 in Washington, DC. Presidential pardon of a turkey has been a long time Thanksgiving tradition that dates back the Harry Truman administration.
  8. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 25: Handlers keep a 20-week old and 45-pound turkey named 'Courage' moving in a limited area during a presidential pardon at the North Portico of the White House November 25, 2009 in Washington, DC. Presidential pardon of a turkey has been a long time Thanksgiving tradition that dates back the Harry Truman administration.
  9. U.S. President Barack Obama pardons "Courage" the National Thanksgiving Turkey, on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, November 25, 2009. Walter Pelletier (C), Chairman of the National Turkey Federation, is pictured alongside Obama.
  10. The national Thanksgiving turkey "Courage" is pictured moments before U.S. President Barack Obama pardons it during the annual White House turkey pardoning ceremony on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, November 25, 2009.
  11. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 25: U.S. President Barack Obama walks towards the podium with his daughter Sasha (L) during an event to pardon a turkey named 'Courage' at the North Portico of the White House November 25, 2009 in Washington, DC. Presidential pardon of a turkey has been a long time Thanksgiving tradition that dates back the Harry Truman administration.
  12. President Obama, center, with daughters Malia, right, and Sasha, left, before pardoning the National Thanksgiving Turkey, Courage, in a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.
  13. U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd ) is pictured alongside his daughters Malia (R) and Sasha as he pardons "Courage", the National Thanksgiving Turkey, on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, November 25, 2009. National Turkey Federation Chairman Walter Pelletier (2nd L) is also pictured.
  14. U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd R) and his daughter Malia (R) look on as "Courage", the National Thanksgiving Turkey, is placed on a table on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, November 25, 2009 during the annual Presidential pardoning ceremony.
  15. U.S. President Barack Obama (R) looks on as his daughter Malia (2nd R) reaches out to touch "Courage" the National Thanksgiving Turkey, during its pardoning ceremony on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, November 25, 2009. Pictured alongside Malia is her sister Sasha and Walter Pelletier (L), Chairman of the National Turkey Federation.
  16. U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd R) pardons the national Thanksgiving turkey, "Courage" during the annual White House turkey pardoning ceremony on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, November 25, 2009.

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  11. Audience members Darryl Ford (L) and his son Dakota Ford (R) show their tickets as they wait to enter for the premiere of 'The Jay Leno Show� at NBC Studios in Burbank, California, on September 14, 2009. Stepping out of 60 years of prime-time TV traditions, NBC hopes to cash in on 'The Jay Leno Show,� taking advantage of the much lower cost of producing a talk show as compared to the scripted dramas normally found in the prime-time slot.
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