U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates place their hands to their hearts during the dedication ceremony of Abraham Lincoln Hall at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington March 12, 2009. Reuters Pictures 11 months ago

U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates place their hands to their hearts during the dedication ceremony of Abraham Lincoln Hall at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington March 12, 2009.

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  1. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 03: U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen speaks during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee February 3, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the Obama Administration's budget proposal for the Defense Department for FY 2011.
  2. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 03: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (C), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen (R) and Under Defense Secretary (Comptroller) and CFO Robert Hale (L) testify during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee February 3, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the Obama Administration's budget proposal for the Defense Department for FY 2011.
  3. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 03: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) speaks as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen (2nd L) listens during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee February 3, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the Obama Administration's budget proposal for the Defense Department for FY 2011.
  4. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 03: U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen speaks during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee February 3, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the Obama Administration's budget proposal for the Defense Department for FY 2011.
  5. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 03: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (C), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen (R) and Under Defense Secretary (Comptroller) and CFO Robert Hale (L) testify during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee February 3, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the Obama Administration's budget proposal for the Defense Department for FY 2011.
  6. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 03: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (C), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen (R) and Under Defense Secretary (Comptroller) and CFO Robert Hale (L) testify during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee February 3, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the Obama Administration's budget proposal for the Defense Department for FY 2011.
  7. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 03: U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen (R) speaks as Secretary of Defense Robert Gates listens during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee February 3, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the Obama Administration's budget proposal for the Defense Department for FY 2011.
  8. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 03: U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen (R) speaks as Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) listens during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee February 3, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the Obama Administration's budget proposal for the Defense Department for FY 2011.
  9. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 03: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates pauses as he testifies during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee February 3, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the Obama Administration's budget proposal for the Defense Department for FY 2011.
  10. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 03: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates testifies during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee February 3, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the Obama Administration's budget proposal for the Defense Department for FY 2011.
  11. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 03: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) speaks as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen (R) listens during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee February 3, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the Obama Administration's budget proposal for the Defense Department for FY 2011.
  12. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 03: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) listens to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee February 3, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the Obama Administration's budget proposal for the Defense Department for FY 2011.
  13. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 03: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) listens to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen (R) during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee February 3, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the Obama Administration's budget proposal for the Defense Department for FY 2011.
  14. The House Armed Services Committee ranking Republican Rep. Howard McKeon, R-Calif., raised the issue of President Barack Obama's plan to repeal of the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 3,2010, during Defense Secretary Robert Gates' testimony about the Pentagon's budget needs.
  15. The House Armed Services Committee's ranking Republican Rep. Howard McKeon, R-Calif., raised the issue of President Obama's plan to repeal of the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy during Defense Secretary Robert Gates' testimony about the Pentagon's budget needs, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  16. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen answer reporters' questions about U.S. President Barack Obama's proposed 2011 budget during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington, February 1, 2010.

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  2. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 06: The swing set used by President Barack Obama's daughters Malia and Sasha is covered in snow at the White House on February 6, 2010 in Washington, DC. The region is expected to get anywhere from 18 inches to 30 inches of snow before the storm moves on.
  3. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 06: President Barack Obama's motorcade waits to take him to the Democratic National Committee winter meeting in a heavy snow on the south driveway of the White House on February 6, 2010 in Washington, DC. The region is expected to get anywhere from 18 inches to 30 inches of snow before the storm moves on.
  4. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 06: President Barack Obama greets supporters on the rope line after delivering remarks at the Democratic National Committee winter meeting on February 6, 2010 in Washington, DC. Top party officials and supporters gathered for the annual meeting to map out their agenda for the year.
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  7. Bust of President Abraham Lincoln in President Barack Obama's Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009.
  8. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 26: The George Washington and Abraham Lincoln mascots lead the Statue of Liberty float during the 83rd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade on the Streets of Manhattan on November 26, 2009 in New York City. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in Canada and the United States and traditionally it is a time to give thanks for the harvest.
  9. Jim Getty, portraying President Abraham Lincoln recites The Gettysburg Address during a program on the 146th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address at Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pa., Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.
  10. FILE-President Abraham Lincoln is shown in an undated portrait. It's inevitable that a new book about the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 would seek out analogies between that remarkable event and the election of Barack Obama in 2008. After all, both were little-known politicians from Illinois, both successful lawyers, both overcame strong intraparty challenges to rewrite U.S. political history, and both did it in times of national crisis. Fortunately for readers, author Bruce Chadwick doesn't overly dwell on this all-too-obvious theme in "Lincoln for President."
  11. In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, a spindle-back, cane-seat chair Abraham Lincoln used in his Springfield law office is seen at the Macon County History Museum in Decatur, Ill. Eric and Carolynn DeVore donated the chair to the museum. It was was handed down from Lincoln to DeVore's great-grandfather John J. Kuecher who worked for Lincoln in the office. Lincoln impersonator Lonn Pressnall is seen second from right.
  12. In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, Eric DeVore tells the history of a spindle-back, cane-seat chair Abraham Lincoln used in his Springfield law office that he and his wife, Carolynn, donated to the Macon County History Museum in Decatur, Ill. Looking on is Lincoln impersonator Lonn Pressnall. The DeVores say it has been in their family since Lincoln gave it to an ancestor in 1861.
  13. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul, right, pose for photographers prior to their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Gates attended two-day informal NATO defense ministers meeting on Afghanistan in Istanbul before arriving in Ankara.
  14. U. S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan seen during their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. Gates attended two-day informal NATO defense ministers meeting on Afghanistan in Istanbul.
  15. U. S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan seen during their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. Gates attended a two-day informal NATO defense ministers meeting on Afghanistan in Istanbul.
  16. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 03: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates pauses as he testifies during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee February 3, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the Obama Administration's budget proposal for the Defense Department for FY 2011.

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