WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 17: U.S. President Barack Obama bows his head in prayer during the Medal of Honor ceremony for U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Jared C. Monti in the East Room of the White House September 17, 2009 in Washington, DC. The medal was posthumously awarded to Sgt. Monti, who was killed June 21, 2006 in Afghanistan while attempting to rescue one of his fellow soliders and fighting off an attack from insurgents. The Medal of Honor is given to a soldier 'for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.' Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 17: U.S. President Barack Obama bows his head in prayer during the Medal of Honor ceremony for U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Jared C. Monti in the East Room of the White House September 17, 2009 in Washington, DC. The medal was posthumously awarded to Sgt. Monti, who was killed June 21, 2006 in Afghanistan while attempting to rescue one of his fellow soliders and fighting off an attack from insurgents. The Medal of Honor is given to a soldier 'for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.'

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  1. Protesters wearing masks, from left, of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, U.S. President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, throw 'money' into a bucket in a demonstration outside Lancaster House in London where the Afghanistan Conference is taking place, London, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. The demonstration is to highlighting the urgent need for improving the way aid money is spent by the international community in Afghanistan and making sure more of it reaches those who need it most.
  2. Protesters wearing masks, from left, of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, U.S. President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, throw 'money' into a bucket in a demonstration outside Lancaster House in London where the Afghanistan Conference is taking place, London, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. The demonstration is to highlighting the urgent need for improving the way aid money is spent by the international community in Afghanistan and making sure more of it reaches those who need it most.
  3. A protester wearing mask of U.S. President Barack Obama picks up 'money' from a box in a demonstration outside Lancaster House in London where the Afghanistan Conference is taking place, London, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. The demonstration is to highlighting the urgent need for improving the way aid money is spent by the international community in Afghanistan and making sure more of it reaches those who need it most.
  4. Al Melquist cuddles his daughter Madison, 9, at their home in Las Vegas on Wednesday, January, 27, 2009. Madison suffers from a liver disease known as Biliary Atresia and is awaiting a liver transplant. When Melquist voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician's charisma and promise of solutions for the nation's economic woes and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In the time since, Melquist has given up looking for work. The house in Las Vegas where he lived sits empty and bank-owned after his landlord didn't make mortgage payments for 13 months.
  5. Al Melquist stands in the backyard of his home in Las Vegas on Wednesday, January, 27, 2009. When Melquist voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician's charisma and promise of solutions for the nation's economic woes and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In the time since, Melquist has given up looking for work. The house in Las Vegas where he lived sits empty and bank-owned after his landlord didn't make mortgage payments for 13 months.
  6. Al Melquist sits in his living room at his home in Las Vegas on Wednesday, January, 27, 2009. When Melquist voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician's charisma and promise of solutions for the nation's economic woes and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In the time since, Melquist has given up looking for work. The house in Las Vegas where he lived sits empty and bank-owned after his landlord didn't make mortgage payments for 13 months.
  7. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 25: U.S. National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones pauses as he addresses the Center for American Progress (CAP) January 25, 2010 in Washington, DC. Gen. Jones discussed the Obama Administration's strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  8. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 25: U.S. National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones pauses as he addresses the Center for American Progress (CAP) January 25, 2010 in Washington, DC. Gen. Jones discussed the Obama Administration's strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  9. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 25: U.S. National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones addresses the Center for American Progress (CAP) January 25, 2010 in Washington, DC. Gen. Jones discussed the Obama Administration's strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  10. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 25: U.S. National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones addresses the Center for American Progress (CAP) January 25, 2010 in Washington, DC. Gen. Jones discussed the Obama Administration's strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  11. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 25: U.S. National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones addresses the Center for American Progress (CAP) January 25, 2010 in Washington, DC. Gen. Jones discussed the Obama Administration's strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  12. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 25: U.S. National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones (L) addresses the Center for American Progress (CAP) January 25, 2010 in Washington, DC. Gen. Jones discussed the Obama Administration's strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  13. Omar bin Laden, son of Osama bin Laden, talks during an interview with Reuters in a Cairo suburb, in this January 23, 2008, file photo. Omar believes the al Qaeda leader has achieved his aim of humbling the United States but warns his death could unleash "very, very nasty" attacks by militants, Rolling Stone magazine said on January 20, 1010. In a rambling interview conducted in part in a Damascus strip club, Omar told the magazine that U.S. President Barack Obama was making a mistake by scaling up the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan. Picture taken January 23, 2008.
  14. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. The U.S. has announced plans to invest $20 million to improve the Afghan government's ability to promote agriculture reforms that the Obama administration considers the main non-security element in stabilizing the country.
  15. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. The U.S. has announced plans to invest $20 million to improve the Afghan government's ability to promote agriculture reforms that the Obama administration considers the main non-security element in stabilizing the country.
  16. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. The U.S. has announced plans to invest $20 million to improve the Afghan government's ability to promote agriculture reforms that the Obama administration considers the main non-security element in stabilizing the country.

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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. WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 06: President Barack Obama, flanked by (L-R) Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, Raymond Buckley, Democratic National Committee chairman Tim Kaine, and Alice Germond, DNC Secretary, and Andrew Tobias, 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. A woman crosses Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington February 9, 2010. The federal government announced it would remain closed on Tuesday and most schools planned to shut down as residents of the mid-Atlantic struggled to dig out from a blizzard that dumped two feet (0.6 metres) of snow on the region.
  11. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs reads the words "Eggs, Milk, Bread (crossed out), Hope, and Change" written in marker on his hand as he briefs reporters after President Barack Obama made an unannounced visit to the James Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been seen with hand written notes on her hands in recent public appearances.
  12. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs reads the words "Eggs, Milk, Bread (crossed out), Hope, and Change" written in marker on his hand as he briefs reporters, after President Barack Obama made an unannounced visit to the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been seen with hand written notes on her hands in recent public appearances.
  13. White House Press Secretary Robert holds out the palm of his hand which he has written down notes on to show members of the media during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.
  14. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has the words "Eggs, Milk, Bread (crossed out), Hope, and Change" written in marker on his hand as he briefs reporters, after President Barack Obama made an unannounced visit to the James Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been seen with hand written notes on her hands in recent public appearances.
  15. White House Press Secretary Robert points to the palm of his hand which he has written down notes to show members of the media during a press briefing at the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.
  16. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has the words "Eggs, Milk, Bread (crossed out), Hope, and Change" written in marker on his hand as he briefs reporters, after President Barack Obama made an unannounced visit to the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been seen with hand written notes on her hands in recent public appearances.

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