Obama’s post-convention campaigning

Now that the Democratic National Convention is over, President Obama is back on the campaign trail for the final months before the election.

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Sept. 12, 2012

Supporters cheer President Obama as he speaks at a campaign rally in Las Vegas. More than 8,000 people attended the event at the Cashman Center.

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Sept. 12, 2012

A supporter records Obama’s speech on his smartphone during a campaign event in Las Vegas. Despite dealing with the deaths of four diplomats killed at a U.S. consulate in Libya, the president went through with the campaign appearance. Obama, visibly weary and seeming to struggle to display the usual energy and sharpness of his campaign appearances, opened with a description of the “tough day that we’ve had today.”

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Sept. 12, 2012

Obama also reiterated his promise to “bring their killers to justice” while speaking at the Cashman Center in Las Vegas.

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Sept. 12, 2012

Mona Renee Johnson cries as Obama speaks about the protests and attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Libya during the campaign event at Las Vegas’s Cashman Center.

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Sept. 12, 2012

A girl looks up at Obama at the campaign rally in Las Vegas. After briefly referencing the events in the Middle East, Obama quickly pivoted to his usual stump speech, laying out the choice he says Americans face in this election.

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Sept. 12, 2012

Obama receives a hug after delivering his speech in Las Vegas.

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Sept. 9, 2012

President Obama is picked-up and lifted off the ground by Scott Van Duzer owner of Big Apple Pizza and Pasta Italian Restaurant during an unannounced stop in Ft. Pierce, Fla.

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Sept. 9, 2012

Obama arrives for a campaign stop at the Charles and Ruth Clemente Center at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Fla.

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Sept. 9, 2012

Obama holds Isaiah Thomas Ford, 1, during a campaign stop at the Charles and Ruth Clemente Center at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne.

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Sept. 9, 2012

Supporters grasp Obama's hand as he works the rope line during a campaign stop at Kissimmee Civic Center in Kissimmee, Fla.

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Sept. 9, 2012

A girl listens during Obama's speech during a campaign stop at the Charles and Ruth Clemente Center at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Fla.

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Sept. 9, 2012

Protesters line the road on the way to the Charles and Ruth Clemente Center at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Fla., where Obama was scheduled to make a campaign stop.

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Sept. 8, 2012

President Obama arrives for a campaign stop at St. Petersburg College-Seminole Campus in Seminole, Fla.

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Sept. 8, 2012

Supporters listen to Obama's speech during a campaign stop in St. Petersburg College-Seminole Campus in Seminole, Fla.

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Sept. 8, 2012

Obama addresses the crowd at a campaign stop in St. Petersburg College-Seminole Campus in Seminole, Fla.

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Sept. 8, 2012

Obama high-fives a young boy in Seminole, Fla.

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Sept. 8, 2012

Obama waves as he leaves the West Tampa Sandwich Shop and Restaurant in Tampa during the first day of a two-day bus tour across Florida.

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Sept. 8, 2012

Obama poses with customers in the West Tampa Sandwich Shop and Restaurant.

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Sept. 8, 2012

Valerie Bowman Jarrett, right, a senior adviser to the president, listens to his speech at St. Petersburg College-Seminole Campus in Seminole, Fla.

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Sept. 8, 2012

Obama speaks during a campaign stop at the Kissimmee Civic Center in Kissimmee, Fla.

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Sept. 8, 2012

Vice President Biden kisses a supporter during a campaign event at Zane Grey Elementary School in Zanesville, Ohio.

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Sept. 8, 2012

Biden speaks at a campaign event at Zane Grey Elementary School in Zanesville, Ohio. Seated left is former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland. At right is teacher Autumn Collins-Widen.

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Sept. 7, 2012

President Obama is introduced during a rally at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. It was Obama's first day of campaigning after accepting the nomination for president Thursday at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.

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Sept. 7, 2012

Obama and Vice President Biden campaign with their wives, Michelle and Jill, at the University of Iowa.

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Sept. 7, 2012

A young girl holds up her homemade sign as Obama speaks at the University of Iowa.

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Sept. 7, 2012

Obama addresses a campaign rally at the University of Iowa.

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Sept. 7, 2012

Obama speaks at the University of Iowa.

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Sept. 7, 2012

Obama and Biden make an appearance at University of Iowa.

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Sept. 7, 2012

Obama and the first lady hug during a campaign stop at the University of Iowa.

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