President Barack Obama, accompanied by members of Congress, including former astronaut, Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. , right, and school children, talks to astronauts on the International Space Station, Tuesday, March 24, 2009, from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. AP Photo logo AP Photo 8 months ago

President Barack Obama, accompanied by members of Congress, including former astronaut, Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. , right, and school children, talks to astronauts on the International Space Station, Tuesday, March 24, 2009, from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington.

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  1. US President Barack Obama steps off Air Force One with Senator Bill Nelson October 26, 2009 upon arrival at Miami International Airport in Miami. Obama is in Miami to attend fundraisers for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
  2. CORAL GABLES, FL - OCTOBER 14: Debra Diaz (L), Dr. David Woolsey (C) and others rally in front of the local office of U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) office to show their support for a public health insurance option in the health care reform bill being considered in Congress October 14, 2009 in Coral Gables, Florida. The Senate Finance Committee yesterday passed its version of a health care reform that does not include a public insurance option.
  3. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 30: (L-R) Chairman and CEO of Home Box Office, Bill Nelson, actors Larry David, Susie Essman and Jerry Seinfeld attend HBO's screening of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm at Time Warner Screening Room on September 30, 2009 in New York City.
  4. Senate Finance Committee members, from left, Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del., Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., are seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, before the start of the markup of the health care legislation.
  5. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 23: Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) (L) talks to Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) (R) during a mark up hearing before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill September 23, 2009 in Washington, DC. Members of the committee continued to work on their version of the legislation for healthcare reform.

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  1. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 30: (L-R) Chairman and CEO of Home Box Office, Bill Nelson, actors Larry David, Susie Essman and Jerry Seinfeld attend HBO's screening of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm at Time Warner Screening Room on September 30, 2009 in New York City.
  2. US President Barack Obama steps off Air Force One with Senator Bill Nelson October 26, 2009 upon arrival at Miami International Airport in Miami. Obama is in Miami to attend fundraisers for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
  3. US President Barack Obama steps off Air Force One with Senator Bill Nelson October 26, 2009 upon arrival at Miami International Airport in Miami. Obama is in Miami to attend fundraisers for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
  4. CORAL GABLES, FL - OCTOBER 14: Jillen Lippincott holds a sign during a rally in front of Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) office to show her support of having a strong public health insurance option in the health care reform bill on October 14, 2009 in Coral Gables, Florida. The Senate Finance Committee yesterday passed its version of a health care reform that does not include a public insurance option.
  5. CORAL GABLES, FL - OCTOBER 14: Debra Diaz (L), Dr. David Woolsey (C) and others rally in front of the local office of U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) office to show their support for a public health insurance option in the health care reform bill being considered in Congress October 14, 2009 in Coral Gables, Florida. The Senate Finance Committee yesterday passed its version of a health care reform that does not include a public insurance option.
  6. Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., sips some coffee and checks paperwork on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 1,2009, as the committee continued its health care markup.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  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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