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The White House: All access A look at President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama behind the scenes so far this year.
Jan. 4, 2012
President Obama greets neighbors outside the home of William and Endia Eason in Cleveland. The president visited the Easons, who almost lost their home after falling victim to a predatory lender, to discuss the need for a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Jan. 6, 2012
President Obama and Chief of Staff Bill Daley listen during a meeting with senior advisers in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
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Jan. 6, 2012
President Obama greets Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staff before departing the CFPB in Washington, D.C.
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Jan. 9, 2012
President Obama walks along the Colonnade of the White House with Chief of Staff Bill Daley and Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew before announcing Daley's resignation and Lew's appointment to succeed him.
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Jan. 9, 2012
Members of the Price family watch as President Obama presents a Defense Superior Service Medal to departing Military Aide Lt. Col. Sam Price in the Oval Office.
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Jan. 13, 2012
First lady Michelle Obama watches a performance backstage with “iCarly” cast members Jennette McCurdy, left, and Miranda Cosgrove and members of her staff prior to an “iCarly” screening at Hayfield Secondary School in Alexandria. Mrs. Obama joined the cast of Nickelodeon's “iCarly” at a special screening of "iMeet The First Lady," a new episode featuring Mrs. Obama that honors America's military children.
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Jan. 13, 2012
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet Tuskeegee Airmen in the East Garden Room of the White House prior to a screening of the film, "Red Tails" in the Family Theater.
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Jan. 17, 2012
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama talk with St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Lance Berkman in the Red Room after welcoming the team to the White House to honor their 2011 World Series victory.
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Jan. 19, 2012
President Obama delivers remarks at the Apollo Theater in New York.
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Jan. 20, 2012
Members of President Obama's national security team listen as he talks on the phone with Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi of Egypt in the Oval Office. Pictured, from left, are; Larry Pfeiffer, deputy director, White House Situation Room; Caroline Atkinson, senior director for International Economics; Steve Simon, senior director for Middle East and North Africa; Brooke Anderson, NSS chief of staff and counselor; and National Security Adviser Tom Donilon.
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Jan. 23, 2012
President Obama talks on the phone with Jon Favreau, director of speechwriting, while reading a draft of the State of the Union address at Personal Aide Anita Decker's desk in the Outer Oval Office.
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Jan. 25, 2012
President Obama walks to the motorcade after delivering remarks at the Intel Ocotillo Campus in Chandler, Ariz.
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Jan. 25, 2012
President Obama signs items for Make-A-Wish child Rafael Mullet during a visit in the Oval Office. Rafael is accompanied by his mother Maria Velez, father Rafael Mullet, and sister Maria Mullet.
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Jan. 25, 2012
First lady Michelle Obama has lunch with students at Parklawn Elementary School in Alexandria. The first lady and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited the school to sample a healthy meal that meets the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new and improved nutrition standards for school lunches.
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Jan. 25, 2012
First lady Michelle Obama participates in a potato sack race with Jimmy Fallon in the East Room of the White House during a "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" taping for the second anniversary of the "Let's Move!" initiative.
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Jan. 27, 2012
President Obama boards Marine One for departure from Cambridge-Dorchester Airport in Cambridge, Md.
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Jan. 30, 2012
President Obama participates in an interview with YouTube and Google+ to discuss his State of the Union address, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. The interview was held through a Google+ Hangout, making it the first completely virtual interview from the White House.
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Feb. 1, 2012
President Obama meets with Pastor Joel Hunter, center, and Josh DuBois, director of the White House Office for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, in the Oval Office.
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Feb. 7, 2012
President Obama looks over the shoulder of Hannah Wyman, 11, as she demonstrates her project in the Blue Room during the second annual White House Science Fair celebrating student winners of science, technology, engineering and math competitions from across the country. Wyman, who attends St. Anna's School in Leominster, Mass., won the grand prize in her age group (9-12) for her video game "Toxic," in Microsoft's first-ever U.S. Kodu Cup.
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Feb. 7, 2012
Lauren Fleming, the 2011 March of Dimes national ambassador, looks up as her brother Corbin touches President Obama's face during a visit to the Oval Office. Lauren is also accompanied by her parents, Densel and Nikki Fleming, and her sister Erin.
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Feb. 8, 2012
President Obama and Vice President Biden meet with members of the national security team regarding Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Situation Room of the White House.
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Feb. 10, 2012
President Obama and Vice President Biden talk with former representative Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, after the president signed H.R. 3801, the Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012, in the Oval Office. The bill was the last piece of legislation that Giffords sponsored and voted on in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Feb. 10, 2012
First lady Michelle Obama strikes the Heisman pose while greeting Dallas Cowboy football players, from left, Miles Austin, DeMarcus Ware and Felix Jones at the Kleberg Rylie Recreation Center in Dallas. The players joined the first lady and chefs from past seasons of "Top Chef" for the "Schools and Chefs Working Together" cooking competition to help promote the "Let's Move!" initiative.
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Feb. 11, 2012
A child reaches out to Michelle Obama before a Faith and Community Groups Leading the Way event at Northland, A Church Distributed, in Longwood, Fla. The event was held in celebration of the second anniversary of the "Let's Move!" initiative.
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Feb. 13, 2012
President Obama speaks on the phone with British Prime Minister David Cameron in the Oval Office.
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Feb. 16, 2012
Michelle Obama greets visitors as they enter the Blue Room during their tour of the White House.
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Feb. 16, 2012
Women react in the Red Room after meeting Michelle Obama during their White House tour.
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Feb. 17, 2012
President Obama reads from a tablet computer during a flight aboard Marine One en route to Everett, Wash.
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Feb. 17, 2012
President Obama sits in the cockpit of a 767 during his tour of the Boeing Plant production facility in Everett, Wash.
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Feb. 17, 2012
President Obama greets students from Medina Elementary School in Medina, Wash.
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Feb. 21, 2012
President Obama meets with Max Cleland, former senator and current secretary of the American Battle Monuments Commission, in the Oval Office.
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Feb. 21, 2012
President Obama greets audience members after delivering remarks at the annual U.S. Department of Agriculture Regional Appointee meeting in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building South Court Auditorium.
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Feb. 21, 2012
President Obama joins in singing "Sweet Home Chicago" during the "In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues" concert in the East Room of the White House. Participants include, from left, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, Jeff Beck, Derek Trucks, B.B. King and Gary Clark Jr.
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Feb. 22, 2012
President Obama and Michelle Obama talk in the Green Room of the White House before hosting a Smithsonian Museum of African American History reception in the East Room.
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Feb. 23, 2012
President Obama greets audience members after delivering remarks on the economy at the University of Miami Field House in Coral Gables, Fla.
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Feb. 29, 2012
First lady Michelle Obama is photographed with a guest during the Department of Defense dinner in the East Room of the White House. The president and first lady hosted the dinner to honor members of the Armed Forces who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn, and to honor their families.
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March 11, 2012
President Obama talks on the phone with Afghan President Hamid Karzai from his vehicle outside the Jane E. Lawton Community Center in Chevy Chase.
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