HALLANDALE, FL - SEPTEMBER 12: People listen as U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL) speaks during a town hall meeting he held to discuss the proposed health care reform on September 12, 2009 in Hallandale, Florida. President Barack Obama is urging Congress to approve his health care reform proposals by the end of the year in order to fulfill one of his key campaign promises; providing health care to the estimated 47 million Americans, who now have no medical coverage at all. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 months ago

HALLANDALE, FL - SEPTEMBER 12: People listen as U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL) speaks during a town hall meeting he held to discuss the proposed health care reform on September 12, 2009 in Hallandale, Florida. President Barack Obama is urging Congress to approve his health care reform proposals by the end of the year in order to fulfill one of his key campaign promises; providing health care to the estimated 47 million Americans, who now have no medical coverage at all.

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  1. FILE - This Sept. 26, 2009 file photo shows President Barack Obama, and first lady Michelle Obama, right, joined by Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Chairman Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fla, left, and Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Barbara Lee, D-Calif., at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Phoenix Awards dinner, in Washington. Nine months after seizing unprecedented power in government, black lawmakers are in control of some of the most powerful positions in Congress, and facing new challenges to using their long-sought influence.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  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. 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.
  8. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Kathrina Norris (L) and Matt Cross (R) 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.
  9. 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.

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