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President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with members of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. At left is Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, right.

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  1. WASHINGTON - MARCH 21: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the White House after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the health care reform legislation March 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The proposed legislation has become the signature piece of Obama's domestic policy agenda and has eluded U.S. presidents dating back to Theodore Roosevelt.
  2. WASHINGTON - MARCH 21: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the White House after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the health care reform legislation March 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The proposed legislation has become the signature piece of Obama's domestic policy agenda and has eluded U.S. presidents dating back to Theodore Roosevelt.
  3. WASHINGTON - MARCH 21: Members of U.S. President Barack Obama staff watch as he delivers remarks from the East Room of the White House after passage of Obama's health care reform legislation in a historic vote March 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The legislation is the signature piece of Obama�s domestic policy agenda and has eluded U.S. presidents dating back to Theodore Roosevelt. Pictured are David Axelrod (L), Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (2nd R) and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (R).
  4. WASHINGTON - MARCH 21: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the White House after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the health care reform legislation March 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The proposed legislation has become the signature piece of Obama's domestic policy agenda and has eluded U.S. presidents dating back to Theodore Roosevelt.
  5. WASHINGTON - MARCH 21: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the White House after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the health care reform legislation March 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The proposed legislation has become the signature piece of Obama's domestic policy agenda and has eluded U.S. presidents dating back to Theodore Roosevelt.
  6. WASHINGTON - MARCH 21: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks from the East Room of the White House after passage of his health care reform legislation in a historic vote March 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The legislation is the signature piece of Obama's domestic policy agenda and has eluded U.S. presidents dating back to Theodore Roosevelt.
  7. US President Barack Obama delivers a statement to the nation following the vote in the House of Representatives on health care reform from the East Room of the White House in Washignton, DC, March 21, 2010.
  8. US President Barack Obama (L) walks out to deliver a statement to the nation following the vote in the House of Representatives on health care reform from the East Room of the White House in Washignton, DC, March 21, 2010.
  9. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (L) and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius watch on as US President Barack Obama delivers a statement about the House of Representatives' final passage of health care legislation, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 21, 2010. The legislation would usher in the most sweeping changes to the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare system in decades.
  10. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (C), with his son Seth Emanuel, and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius (R) listen as U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement about the House of Representatives' final passage of healthcare legislation, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 21, 2010. The legislation would usher in the most sweeping changes to the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare system in decades.
  11. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (L) and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius watch on as U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement about the House of Representatives' final passage of health care legislation, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 21, 2010. The legislation would usher in the most sweeping changes to the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare system in decades.
  12. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (L) and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius listen as U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement about the House of Representatives' final passage of healthcare legislation, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 21, 2010. The legislation would usher in the most sweeping changes to the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare system in decades.
  13. WASHINGTON - MARCH 21: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the White House after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the health care reform legislation March 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The proposed legislation has become the signature piece of Obama's domestic policy agenda and has eluded U.S. presidents dating back to Theodore Roosevelt.
  14. WASHINGTON - MARCH 21: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the White House after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the health care reform legislation March 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The proposed legislation has become the signature piece of Obama's domestic policy agenda and has eluded U.S. presidents dating back to Theodore Roosevelt.
  15. WASHINGTON - MARCH 21: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the White House after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the health care reform legislation March 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The proposed legislation has become the signature piece of Obama's domestic policy agenda and has eluded U.S. presidents dating back to Theodore Roosevelt.
  16. WASHINGTON - MARCH 21: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the White House after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the health care reform legislation March 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The proposed legislation has become the signature piece of Obama's domestic policy agenda and has eluded U.S. presidents dating back to Theodore Roosevelt.

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