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President Obama on the 2012 campaign trail President Obama’s reelection campaign is raising money and reaching out to voters and volunteers.
May 10, 2012
President Obama steps off Air Force One and greets the crowd upon arrival at King County International Airport in Seattle. Obama is traveling to Seattle and Los Angeles to attend campaign fundraisers.
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May 10, 2012
People line up to enter a fundraising event for President Obama in Seattle.
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President Obama hugs Suzanne Black after being introduced during a campaign fundraiser at the Paramount Theater in Seattle.
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President Obama speaks at a campaign fundraiser at the Paramount Theater in Seattle.
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President Obama speaks at a fundraising event in Seattle.
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Members of the White House press corps listen to President Obama speak to supporters at a fundraising reception at the Paramount Theater in Seattle.
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May 5, 2012
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive at a 2012 reelection campaign rally in Richmond. Obama officially kicked off his campaign Saturday with visits to Ohio and Virginia.
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May 5, 2012
Supporters cheer the arrival of President Obama at his rally in Richmond. He drew 8,000 people to Virginia Commonwealth University's arena.
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May 5, 2012
President Obama arrives to an ovation in Richmond. Saturday's rallies, staged on two college campuses, especially targeted young voters with a sophisticated outreach through social networks.
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May 5, 2012
President Obama greets supporters after his speech in Richmond. Virtually everyone who spoke at the day's rallies implored audiences to sign up and give all their energy to what they can expect to be a difficult reelection campaign.
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May 5, 2012
India Otey, 8, of Richmond, hoists a sign as high as she can at President Obama's rally in Richmond. The economy is still struggling and needs more time to recover, Obama said, but his investments in such areas as higher education, infrastructure and clean energy will strengthen the economy and help average Americans get “a fair shot” at success.
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May 5, 2012
First lady Michelle Obama takes the stage to introduce the president during a campaign rally at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
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May 5, 2012
People watch a video of President Obama during a campaign rally at Ohio State University. Although the top tier of the 20,000-seat arena was nearly empty, campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt said the rally still drew four times as many supporters as any event GOP challenger Mitt Romney has held this election cycle.
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May 5, 2012
President Obama speaks at a campaign rally at Ohio State University. He attacked Mitt Romney in his speech and suggested that his GOP opponent is a man out of touch with the lives and aspirations of working Americans and in league with the wealthiest in society.
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May 5, 2012
A man holds up a photo for President Obama to sign after speaking during a campaign rally at Ohio State University. The photo is from the White House Situation Room the night Osama Bin Laden was killed.
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May 5, 2012
President Obama receives a hug as he and first lady Michelle Obama greet supporters during a campaign rally at Ohio State University.
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May 5, 2012
President Obama shakes hands after speaking at a campaign rally at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. "This is not just another election," Obama told the crowd during his speech. "This is a make-or-break moment for the middle class, and we've been through too much to turn back now."
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May 4, 2012
President Obama greets the crowd during his visit to Washington-Lee High School in Arlington.
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May 4, 2012
President Obama greets students as he arrives onstage at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington. This was Obama’s fifth visit to an Arlington public school since becoming president.
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May 4, 2012
President Obama listens for a response from his student audience during his visit to Washington-Lee High School in Arlington. The school of about 2,000 students has a nearly perfect four-year graduation rate.
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May 4, 2012
Students listen as President Obama talks about the student loan crisis at Washington-Lee High School. Obama was continuing his push for Congress to extend a low-interest rate on federal subsidized student loans for another year. The current rate, 3.4 percent, is set to double on July 1, returning to its previous rate of 6.8 percent.
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May 4, 2012
President Obama waves to students as he departs Washington-Lee High School.
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April 27, 2012
President Obama speaks during a campaign event at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
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April 25, 2012
President Obama jogs down the ramp from Air Force One as he arrives Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
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April 25, 2012
President Obama speaks at the Field House on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. The president’s stop was the third college campus visit in three days, is part of an effort to get Congress to extend low interest rates on a popular loan program for low- and middle-income students.
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April 24, 2012
President Obama, left, and comedian Jimmy Fallon talk during a commercial break at a taping of "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Obama appeared on the show after speaking to university students and others about the potential of student loan interest rates doubling this summer.
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April 24, 2012
President Obama tapes an appearance on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" at Memorial Hall on the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill.
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April 24, 2012
President Obama shakes hands before speaking to students and others at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Obama spoke to the group about the potential of student loan interest rates doubling this summer.
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April 24, 2012
President Obama speaks at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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April 24, 2012
Members of the audience watch as President Obama speaks at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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April 24, 2012
President Obama pauses as he speaks at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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April 24, 2012
President Obama visits the Sink restaurant and bar in Boulder, Colo.
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April 24, 2012
President Obama greets patrons outside the Sink restaurant and bar in Boulder, Colo. Obama is on a two-day trip through the 2012 U.S. presidential race battleground states of North Carolina, Colorado and Iowa, where he is speaking about the cost of student loans and other issues.
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April 24, 2012
President Obama visits the Sink in Boulder, Colo.
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April 24, 2012
President Obama waves as he arrives to speak at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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April 24, 2012
Students listen to President Obama as he speaks at the University of Colorado Boulder Coors Events Center.
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April 24, 2012
President Obama speaks at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Obama went after the college vote, pitching cheaper student loans as he courted an age group where he has a decided advantage over Republican rival Mitt Romney.
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April 24, 2012
Members of the audience look to President Obama as he speaks at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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April 24, 2012
President Obama waves as he works a rope line after addressing students at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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April 24, 2012
First lady Michelle Obama speaks to campaign volunteers at a local community center in Des Moines.
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April 10, 2012
President Obama greets supporters after speaking about tax reform at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton.
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April 20, 2012
President Obama speaks on the economy at Florida Atlantic University. Obama argued for the "Buffet rule," a proposal that would ensure millionaires pay at least the same effective tax rate as middle-class families pay.
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April 10, 2012
President Obama pauses during his speech at Florida Atlantic University.
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April 10, 2012
Obama speaks about tax reform at Florida Atlantic University.
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April 10, 2012
President Obama shakes hands after his speech.
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April 10, 2012
President Obama greets residents as he arrives for a campaign event in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
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March 21, 2012
President Obama arrives at Tinker Air Force Base in Midwest City, Okla.
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March 21, 2012
President Obama and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar make their way on board Air Force One before departure from Roswell International Air Center Airport in Roswell, N.M.
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March 21, 2012
President Obama discusses his oil and gas policies during a visit to a drilling site in Maljamar, N.M.
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March 21, 2012
President Obama is greeted by New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez upon his arrival in Roswell, N.M.
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March 21, 2012
President Obama speaks at Sempra U.S. Gas & Power's Copper Mountain Solar 1 facility, the largest photovoltaic solar plant in the United States in Boulder City, Nev.
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March 21, 2012
President Obama, center, points toward the sun during his tour at Copper Mountain Solar 1 Facility in Boulder City, Nev. With Obama are from left to right, John Sowers and Kevin Gillespie, in operations at Sempra U.S. Gas & Power, and Jeffrey Martin, CEO of Sempra U.S. Gas & Power.
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Feb. 16, 2012
President Obama gets Chinese food from Great Eastern Restaurant in San Francisco.
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Feb. 16, 2012
President Obama greets well-wishers after stopping for a dim sum takeout lunch in San Francisco's Chinatown neighborhood.
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Feb. 16, 2012
President Obama speaks during a Democratic campaign fundraiser at the Nob Hill Masonic Center in San Francisco.
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Feb. 15, 2012
President Obama poses for a picture with Mary Townsend, a production operator, as he visits Master Lock in Milwaukee. Obama toured the business to highlight his "blueprint for an economy built to last."
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Feb. 15, 2012
Employees at Master Lock react as they see President Obama during his visit to the company in Milwaukee.
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Feb. 15, 2012
President Obama speaks to workers at the Master Lock factory in Milwaukee. Obama applauded the company, which he cited in his State of the Union address, for bringing back 100 jobs to the United States from China.
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Feb. 15, 2012
People listen as President Obama speaks at Master Lock in Milwaukee.
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Feb. 15, 2012
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) presents President Obama with a Milwaukee Brewers jersey upon his arrival in Milwaukee.
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Feb. 15, 2012
President Obama greets the crowd after arriving at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee.
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Feb. 15, 2012
President Obama walks off of Marine One and heads to Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Obama is heading out on a three-day trip to the West Coast.
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Jan. 27, 2012
Students cheer as President Obama appears at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Obama spoke about college affordability to the crowd of more than 3,000 students, saying he is pressuring Congress for new initiatives.
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Jan. 27, 2012
President Obama delivers remarks on college affordability at the University of Michigan.
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Jan. 27, 2012
"We're telling the states: If you can find new ways to bring down the cost of college and make it easier for more students to graduate, we'll help you do it," President Obama said at the University of Michigan.
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Jan. 27, 2012
About 4,000 people came the Al Glick Field House in Ann Arbor, Mich., to hear President Obama expand on his State of the Union proposal to keep college affordable and within reach for all Americans.
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Jan. 27, 2012
President Obama shares a laugh as he is introduced by Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) before speaking at the House Democratic Issues Conference in Cambridge, Md.
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Jan. 26, 2012
President Obama walks to his car upon arriving in Romulus, Mich.
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Jan. 26, 2012
President Obama speaks at a UPS freight facility in Las Vegas. The president, on a three-day trip to five states after his State of the Union speech, spoke about greater use of natural gas and the U.S. economy.
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Jan. 26, 2012
President Obama jogs up a set of stairs to board Air Force One after speaking at a UPS freight facility in Las Vegas.
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Jan. 25, 2012
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer points during an intense conversation with President Obama after he arrived at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, in Mesa, Ariz. Asked moments later what the conversation was about, Brewer, a Republican, said: "He was a little disturbed about my book." Brewer recently published a book, "Scorpions for Breakfast," something of a memoir of her years growing up and defends her signing of Arizona's controversial law cracking down on illegal immigrants, which Obama opposes. Obama was objecting to Brewer's description of a meeting he and Brewer had at the White House, where she described Obama as lecturing her.
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Jan. 25, 2012
Obama looks at agricultural augers as he tours Conveyor Engineering & Manufacturing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Jan. 25, 2012
A crowd of people photograph President Obama speaking at the Intel Ocotillo Campus in Chandler, Ariz.
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Jan. 25, 2012
Obama speaks at the Intel Ocotillo Campus.
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Jan. 19, 2012
President Obama sings Rev. Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" before speaking at a campaign event at the Apollo Theatre in the Harlem neighborhood of New York.
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Jan. 19, 2012
Maxine Vaughn, right, stands behind barricades set up for protesters across the street from Harlem's famed Apollo Theater, where President Obama held one of several fundraisers in New York.
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Jan. 11, 2012
An audience members takes a photo of President Obama with a tablet device as he speaks during a campaign event at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Dec. 13, 2011
President Obama speaks during an event for campaign donors at a hotel near the White House. The Associated Press reported that Obama said his campaign will have to fight to take its message to voters. "This is going to be tough," he said.
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Dec. 19, 2011
Earline Coe, a team leader for Organizing for America, calls people from her Dale City home to gather volunteers for for an upcoming voter registration event.
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Dec. 19, 2011
From left, Earline Coe, Alice Clark and Marilyn Karp are working to get President Obama reelected.
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Nov. 30, 2011
President Obama walks to his motorcade with members of his security team after visiting with Patrick and Donna Festa in their Scranton, Pa., home to discuss his jobs initiatives.
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Nov. 2, 2011
President Obama calls for more spending on infrastructure in a speech beneath the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Washington.
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Oct. 27, 2011
President Obama has dinner with winners of the "Dinner with Barack" campaign contest at the Liberty Tavern in the Clarendon neighborhood of Arlington. Pictured are Wendi Smith, an artist and retired professor from Corydon, Ind., and Casey Helbling, an entrepreneur from Minneapolis.
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Oct. 19, 2011
The president mingles during his visit to Fire Station 9 in North Chesterfield, Va.
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Sept. 27, 2011
President Obama greets the crowd after speaking at Abraham Lincoln High School in Denver. Obama’s declining popularity has Colorado Democrats treading carefully as the president ratchets up campaigning in a state his campaign staff considers a must-win next year.
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Oct. 25, 2011
Obama gestures during a taping of “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” in Burbank, Calif.
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Oct. 24, 2011
Obama greets residents of a Las Vegas suburb. Obama unveiled new measures to help struggling homeowners in Las Vegas on Monday in the first leg of a campaign-style swing through Western states that may be crucial to his reelection in 2012.
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Oct. 24, 2011
Obama speaks to the media alongside members of the Bonilla family outside their home in a Las Vegas suburb.
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Oct. 24, 2011
Obama says goodbye to homeowner Lissette Bonilla after visiting with her family in Las Vegas.
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Oct. 24, 2011
Obama and Air Force One are reflected in the sunglasses of a greeter upon his arrival in Las Vegas, part of a three-day tour throughout the Western part of the country.
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Sept. 27, 2011
President Obama waves during an event at Abraham Lincoln High School in Denver. Obama travelled to Denver to highlight his American Jobs Act proposal, part of which will modernize schools across the country.
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Sept. 27, 2011
Obama supporters attend an event at Abraham Lincoln High School in Denver.
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Sept. 26, 2011
President Obama speaks while Jeffrey "Jeff" Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn Corp., listens during a town hall event sponsored by LinkedIn in Mountain View, Calif.
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June 28, 2011
Obama, white shirt at right, talks to members of the crowd after speaking at the Alcoa Davenport Works Factory in Bettendorf, Iowa.
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June 28, 2011
At Ross' Restaurant in Bettendorf, Iowa, the president poses for photos. He also indulged in the "Magic Mountain," a serving of toast, steamed hamburger, hash browns, cheddar cheese and onions.
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June 28, 2011
Obama gets to know even his younger constituents during a visit to Bettendorf, Iowa.
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June 24, 2011
Obama, on a tour of the National Robotics Engineering Center in Pittsburgh, controls SOLO, a pipe inspection robot.
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June 24, 2011
At Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, the president talks about technology and the economy.
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June 23, 2011
At the Pennsylvania National Guard Base in Coraopolis, Obama talks with troops before boarding Air Force One.
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June 13, 2011
Obama boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base. Next stop: Durham, N.C.
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June 13, 2011
Obama tours Cree, a manufacturer of energy-efficient LEDs in Durham, N.C. With him is at left is Jeff Immelt, chairman of GE.
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June 13, 2011
Obama meets supporters at a campaign rally in Miami.
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June 3, 2011
In Toledo, Obama talks with Chrysler autoworkers.
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June 3, 2011
At Fred's Pro Hardware in Toledo, Obama stops to pick up gardening gloves for the first lady.
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June 3, 2011
Obama and Michael Bell, left, mayor of Toledo, stop in for a bite at local favorite Rudy's Hot Dog.
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