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President Barack Obama presents the National Medal of Science to Dr. James Gunn of Princeton University, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

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  1. Indonesian activists wear masks featuring US President Barrack Obama (L), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd L), President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso(2nd R) and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during a protest against biodiversity offset programs, in Jakarta on November 18, 2009. Scores of environment activists held a protest against the program of biodiversity offset as they believed that biodiversity offsets are conservation activities intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, and is not the real solution and will ruin ecological dignity of developing countries.
  2. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: In this photo illustration, a copy of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' sits on end on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  3. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) open boxes of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' as other books sit on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  4. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Matt Cross (R) puts copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  5. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  6. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  7. Though better known for his 95mph sinking fastball, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Ross Ohlendorf, a graduate of Princeton University, who is spending the off-season doing research as an intern at the Agriculture Department, is seen in Washington, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.
  8. Though better known for his 95mph sinking fastball, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Ross Ohlendorf, a graduate of Princeton University, is spending the off-season doing research as an intern at the Agriculture Department, is seen outside the department in Washington, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.
  9. Though better known for his 95mph sinking fastball, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Ross Ohlendorf, a graduate of Princeton University, is spending the off-season doing research as an intern at the Agriculture Department, is seen at the department in Washington, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.
  10. In this photo released by the Inamori Foundation, Kyoto Prize laureates, from left, Japan's Nagoya University Prof. Isamu Akasaki, Princeton University biologists, Peter Grant and his wife Rosemary Grant, and French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez show their medals and diplomas during their joint press conference following an awarding ceremony in Kyoto, Japan, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.
  11. In this photo released by the Inamori Foundation, Kyoto Prize laureate Peter Grant, center, smiles with Inamori Foundation Chairman Hiroo Imura, right, after being awarded Kyoto Prize during an awarding ceremony in Kyoto, Japan, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Grant, evolutionary biologist from Princeton University, and his wife, Rosemary, won the prize in biological sciences for their decades of research on evolution in the Galapagos Islands.
  12. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) shares a moment with James Gunn (L) of Princeton University after he presented Gunn with a 2008 National Medal of Science during an East Room ceeremony October 7, 2009 at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama presented medals to recipients of the 2008 National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
  13. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (L) greets U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ)(2nd L), House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH)(2nd R) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) after a meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan at the White House in Washington, October 6, 2009.
  14. L-R: House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-OH, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-MD, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, and Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member John McCain walk on a path on the North Lawn of the White House following a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan with US President Barack Obama October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  15. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, speaks to reporters as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, looks on in front of the West Wing after a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan with US President Barack Obama October 6, 2009 at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama Tuesday sat down with senior lawmakers driving a raging debate on US Afghan strategy, as he works towards a decision on whether to send thousands more troops to war. Democratic and Republican leaders plus top members of key congressional committees met the president at the White House touting sharply conflicting visions of the next steps in the unpopular eight-year US military operation. Obama is methodically working through an internal policy review after US commander General Stanley McChrystal warned the war could be lost within a year without more troops, and reportedly asked for 40,000 more men.
  16. House Minority Leader John Boehner (C), R-OH, chats with Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member John McCain (L), R-AZ, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, near the West Wing after a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan with US President Barack Obama October 6, 2009 at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama Tuesday sat down with senior lawmakers driving a raging debate on US Afghan strategy, as he works towards a decision on whether to send thousands more troops to war. Democratic and Republican leaders plus top members of key congressional committees met the president at the White House touting sharply conflicting visions of the next steps in the unpopular eight-year US military operation. Obama is methodically working through an internal policy review after US commander General Stanley McChrystal warned the war could be lost within a year without more troops, and reportedly asked for 40,000 more men.

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