WASHINGTON - MAY 12; U.S. President Barack Obama (C) speaks during a roundtable with business leaders to discuss cutting employer health care costs as right: Dr. Alvin Jackson (L), Ohio Department of Health and REI President, CEO Sally Jewel (2nd L), Steve Burd (2nd R), Safeway's President and Chief Executive Officer and Cecily Hall, Microsoft's director of U.S. benefits look on in the Roosevelt Room of the White House May 12, 2009 in Washington, DC. Getty Images logo Getty Images 9 months ago

WASHINGTON - MAY 12; U.S. President Barack Obama (C) speaks during a roundtable with business leaders to discuss cutting employer health care costs as right: Dr. Alvin Jackson (L), Ohio Department of Health and REI President, CEO Sally Jewel (2nd L), Steve Burd (2nd R), Safeway's President and Chief Executive Officer and Cecily Hall, Microsoft's director of U.S. benefits look on in the Roosevelt Room of the White House May 12, 2009 in Washington, DC.

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  1. U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive for a concert entitled �In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement" in the East Room of the White House Washington February 9, 2010.
  2. Bo, the pet dog of U.S. President Barack Obama and the first family, goes for a walk in the snow on the White House grounds in Washington February 9, 2010.
  3. Yolanda Adams performs at a Black History Month event celebrating the music of the Civil Rights Movement hosted by President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.
  4. President Barack Obama speaks at a Black History Month event celebrating the music of the Civil Rights Movement in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.
  5. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive at a Black History Month event celebrating the music of the Civil Rights Movement in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.
  6. Actor Morgan Freeman, left, speaks with Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and his wife Marcelle at a Black History Month event celebrating the music of the Civil Rights Movement hosted by President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.
  7. A hand is raised as U.S. President Barack Obama fields a question during an impromptu news conference in the briefing room of the White House in Washington February 9, 2010.
  8. U.S. President Barack Obama reacts to a question during an impromptu news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington February 9, 2010.
  9. U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he leaves an impromptu news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, February 9, 2010.
  10. U.S. President Barack Obama walks from the podium at the end of an impromptu news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, February 9, 2010.
  11. The left hand of White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs shows a shopping list featuring "Eggs, Milk, Hope and Change", the latter two words used heavily in U.S. President Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential campaign, during Gibbs' daily news briefing at the White House in Washington February 9, 2010.
  12. U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at an impromptu press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington February 9, 2010.
  13. U.S. President Barack Obama gives an impromptu news conference in the briefing room of the White House in Washington February 9, 2010.
  14. U.S. House of Representatives minority leader John Boehner (L)(R-OH) speaks to the press alongside Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), following a meeting by bipartisan leaders of congress and U.S. President Barack Obama that discussed the economy and jobs, in Washington February 9, 2010.
  15. U.S. House of Representatives minority leader John Boehner (2nd L)(R-OH) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walk towards the West Wing of the White House after speaking to the press, following a meeting by bipartisan leaders of congress and U.S. President Barack Obama that discussed the economy and jobs, in Washington February 9, 2010.
  16. U.S. President Barack Obama before signing a memorandum on the establishment of a childhood obesity task force in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, February 9, 2010.

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  1. House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, second from left, listens to President Barack Obama, right, during a meeting of House and Senate bipartisan leaders to discuss the economy and jobs, Tuesday, Feb. 2010, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington. From left are, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., Boehner, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. and the president.
  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.
  5. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 06: President Barack Obama delivers 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.
  6. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 06: President Barack Obama, flanked by Democratic National Committee chairman Tim Kaine (L) and Alice Germond, DNC Secretary (R), delivers remarks at the DNC 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.
  7. In this image taken from CCTV released by the Pakistan Department of Health, showing the scene seconds before a bomb detonated outside the emergency department of the Jinnah hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, on Friday Feb. 5, 2010. This bomb exploded outside the hospital treating victims from an earlier bomb attack on Shiite Muslim worshippers. At least 25 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded in this blast, and the police appealed for calm Friday following the strikes. ** TV OUT.
  8. In this image taken from CCTV released by the Pakistan Department of Health, showing the scene seconds before a bomb detonated outside the emergency department of the Jinnah hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, on Friday Feb. 5, 2010. This bomb exploded outside the hospital treating victims from an earlier bomb attack on Shiite Muslim worshippers. At least 25 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded in this blast, and the police appealed for calm Friday following the strikes.
  9. In this image taken from CCTV released by the Pakistan Department of Health, showing the scene as a bomb detonated, left, outside the emergency department of the Jinnah hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, on Friday Feb. 5, 2010. This bomb exploded outside the hospital treating victims from an earlier bomb attack on Shiite Muslim worshippers. At least 25 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded in this blast, and the police appealed for calm Friday following the strikes.
  10. In this image taken from CCTV released by the Pakistan Department of Health, showing the scene as a bomb detonates outside the emergency department of the Jinnah hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, on Friday Feb. 5, 2010, killing 25 and wounding 100 in the blast. This bomb exploded outside the hospital treating victims from an earlier bomb attack on Shiite Muslim worshippers. Police appealed for calm Friday following the strikes.
  11. In this image taken from CCTV released by the Pakistan Department of Health, showing the scene as a bomb detonated, left, outside the emergency department of the Jinnah hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, on Friday Feb. 5, 2010, killing 25 and wounding 100 in the blast. This bomb exploded outside the hospital treating victims from an earlier bomb attack on Shiite Muslim worshippers. Police appealed for calm Friday following the strikes.
  12. A boy poses with a chicken burger at a fast food outlet in Taipei January 29, 2010. The Taiwan Department of Health on Thursday proposed a ban on junk food advertisements aired around children's television programmes, to tackle the growing child obesity rate, said officials.
  13. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 7: The meat shelves at a Safeway are left sparse after a snowstorm February 7, 2010 in Washington, DC. The DC area has begun to clean up after its second major winter storm of the season, which left over 24 inches of snow in some areas.
  14. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 7: The frozen food shelves at a Safeway are left sparse after a snowstorm February 7, 2010 in Washington, DC. The DC area has begun to clean up after its second major winter storm of the season, which left over 24 inches of snow in some areas.
  15. NCR is installing BLOCKBUSTER Express DVD kiosks in Safeway grocery stores.
  16. A woman's shadow is cast on the ice while skating at the Safeway Holiday Ice Rink at Union Square in San Francisco, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. The rink opened this week and will be open through the holidays until Jan. 18.

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