April 29
President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting at Fox Senior High School in Arnold, Mo. Obama marked his 100th day in office with a trip to the U.S. heartland ahead of a prime-time press conference to reflect on the turbulent start of a presidency most Americans see as a success.
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April 29
President Obama greets audience members at Fox Senior High School in Arnold, Mo.
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April 28
President Barack Obama, left, and Vice President Joe Biden, right, share a laugh as they welcome Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) to the White House following the senator's announcement that he will switch to the Democratic party before he runs for re-election in 2010.
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April 28
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is sworn in as secretary of health and human services by White House executive clerk Tim Sanders, right, as President Obama looks on from the Oval Office.
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April 28
President Barack Obama, right, speaks with FBI Director Robert Mueller during a meeting at the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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April 28
Director Mueller leads President Obama as they arrive to speak to employees of the FBI. Obama said that confronting the threat of terrorism means the U.S. must adopt new tactics while still upholding its ideals.
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April 28
Obama dons a cap given to him by director Mueller during his visit to the FBI headquarters.
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April 28
President Barack Obama delivers remarks to FBI employees in Washington, as a Secret Service agent stands nearby.
Gerald Herbert-AP
April 28
President Obama presents the 2009 National Teacher of the Year award to Tony Mullen, left, during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House. Mullen is a special education teacher from the ARCH School in Greenwich, Conn.
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April 27
President Barack Obama is presented with a jersey and basketball from University of Connecticut player Renee Montgomery and her teammates and coaches during their visit to the White House. Connecticut won the 2009 Division 1 women's basketball championship.
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April 27
President Obama speaks to the National Academy of Sciences annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
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April 23
President Barack Obama holds a meeting with officials from the credit card industry at the White House. The CEOs were invited to speak with Obama about high fees and predatory lending practices.
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April 23
President Obama reads a program while grasping hands with Elie Wiesel, after Wiesel's remarks at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum National Days of Remembrance Program in the Rotunda of the US Capitol.
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April 23
President Obama throws a commemorative football given to him during a ceremony honoring the NCAA National Championship University of Florida Gators football team in the East Room of the White House.
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April 22
President Obama waves as he boards Air Force, embarking on a day trip to Iowa from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.
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April 22
President Obama speaks with employee Andrew Countryman during a tour of Trinity Structural Towers manufacturing plant in Newton, Iowa. The manufacturing facility is the former site of a Maytag plant in the community east of Des Moines.
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April 22
President Obama addresses energy policy and Earth Day at the manufacturing plant. The green facility builds towers for wind energy production.
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April 21
President Obama meets with former President Bill Clinton, Sen. Ted Kennedy, and Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office prior to a bill signing event for the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act in the White House.
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April 21
President Obama hands the ceremonial pen he has just used to sign the bill to Sen. Kennedy during the signing ceremony. The bill hopes to more than triple current AmeriCorp volunteers to over 250,000 in the United States, costing taxpayers roughly a billion dollars a year over the next five years.
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April 21
President Obama digs a hole before planting a tree as he participates in a national service project at Kenilworth Aquatic Garden in Washington, DC.
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April 21
President Obama meets with King Abdullah of Jordan in the Oval Office.
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April 20
President Obama holds his first Cabinet meeting.
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April 20
Barack Obama greets CIA employees prior to speaking at a visit to the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
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April 20
President Barack Obama makes remarks to Central Intelligence Agency employees while CIA Director Leon Panetta, left, and Deputy Director Steve Kappas look on at the George Bush Center for Intelligence in Langley, Va. Obama defended his decision to release memos from Justice Department lawyers that authorized the CIA to use controversial interrogation tactics.
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April 19
President Obama speaks during his final news conference at the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
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April 18
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez hands President Obama the book "The Open Veins of Latin America" by Eduardo Galeano, at the Summit of the Americas in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
Evan Vucci-AP
April 18
President Obama, Foreign Minister of El Salvador Marisol Argueta and El Salvador President Antonio Saca, chat during the Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain.
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April 18
Obama and leaders from African and Caribbean nations pose for a picture during the V Summit of the Americas in Port-of-Spain.
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April 17
President Obama delivers a speech during the inauguration of the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
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April 17
Barack Obama and his counterparts Alvaro Colom of Guatemala and Oscar Arias of Costa Rica attend the opening ceremony of the Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain.
Kevin Lamarque-Reuters
April 17
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez talks with President Obama before the opening ceremony of the Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain.
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April 17
President Obama holds a multilateral meeting with leaders of the Caribbean Community during the V Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain.
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April 14
President Barack Obama officially introduces Bo, the family's new Portuguese water dog, to the world.
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April 13
President Obama cheers a group of kids on before the start of the egg roll race on the White House's South Lawn during the annual Easter Egg Roll .
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April 12
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama head leave St. John's church after the Easter Sunday services.
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April 9
President Obama, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki announce a plan to improve the health care system for America's veterans.
Bill O'Leary-The Washington Post
March 30
President Obama signs the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act, a sweeping piece of conservation and public land management legislation, in an East room ceremony.
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March 30
Obama makes remarks about the automotive industry, after asking for the head of General Motors to step down as a condition of the bailout. From left, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, new Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers Edward Montgomery, and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke look on.
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March 26
President Obama listens to Kent State sophomores who want to know about student loans during the president's Open for Questions town hall on the economy in the East Room.
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March 25
Obama walks with a group of U.S. war veterans as they lay a wreath at the Tomb of The Unknown Soldier to mark National Medal of Honor Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
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March 25
Barack Obama welcomes NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to the Oval Office on March 25, 2009.
Larry Downing-Reuters
March 24
President Barack Obama holds the second primetime press conference of this administration in the East Room of the White House.
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March 24
President Obama is joined by members of Congress and local students as he congratulates astronauts in orbit on the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Discovery from the Roosevelt Room of the White House. Former astronaut and U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, right, looks on.
Bill O'Leary-The Washington Post
March 19
President Obama sits with host Jay Leno during a taping of "The Tonight Show" at NBC studios in Burbank, Calif. Obama has appeared on the late night comedy shows before as a candidate, but NBC said this was the first time a serving president has been on the show.
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March 19
President Obama holds a town hall meeting at the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex in Los Angeles. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, left, and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, flanked the president as he spoke.
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March 19
President Obama tours the garage of the Edison Electric Vehicle Technical Center with Ted Craver, center, Chairman of Edison International, and Ed Kjaer, right, Senior Engineer, in Pomona, Calif.
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March 18
President Barack Obama stands with his economic team while addressing reporters on the South Lawn of the White House. Council of Economic Advisers chair Christina Romer, left, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, center left, and economic adviser Lawrence Summers, right, are some of the president's top advisers on the economy.
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March 17
Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.), left, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), President Obama, and Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen leave the U.S. Capitol after a St. Patrick's Day luncheon.
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March 16
President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, D.C., as Secretary Eric Shinseki looks on.
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March 16
President Obama, left, greets war veteran Mahdee Abdul Sabir upon arriving at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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March 16
President Barack Obama, right, standing with Treasury Secretary Geithner, deliver remarks to small business owners, community lenders and members of Congress at the White House.
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March 14
President Obama, left, escorts Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his translator, right, to an waiting motorcade outside the White House after their Oval Office meeting.
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March 13
President Barack Obama meets with Paul Volker, left, chair of the presiden's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, in the Oval Office.
Gerald Martineau-The Washington Post
March 12
President Barack Obama, left, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, center, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen read programs during a dedication ceremony for Abraham Lincoln Hall at Fort McNair's National Defense University in Washington, D.C.
Kevin Lamarque-Reuters
March 12
President Obama speaks to an audience at the dedication of Abraham Lincoln Hall at the National Defense University. Obama went to the campus at Fort McNair in the District of Columbia to proclaim that both the U.S. military and the civilian national security apparatus "must look to develop new approaches and new capabilities."
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March 12
President Obama and Marine Lieutenant General Frances C. Wilson, president of the National Defense University, unveil a plaque and portrait during the dedication of Abraham Lincoln Hall.
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March 11
President Barack Obama makes remarks to an audience of influential women before signing an executive order creating an across-the-government council designed to help Cabinet agencies and departments collaborate on ways to make sure women were provided opportunities offered to men.
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March 11
With House speaker Nancy Pelosi, left, council chair Valerie Jarrett, right, and other prominent members of his administration lookin on, President Obama created a White House panel to advise him on issues facing women and girls. Obama signed the order to honor all the women who came before him, such as his grandmother who was a bank vice president but was denied promotions because of her gender. He said the fight for gender equality is far from over.
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March 9
Surrounded by stem-cell research advocates, cabinet members, and members of Congress, including Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI), right, the first quadriplegic to serve in the House, President Barack Obama signs an Executive Order reversing the U.S. governments ban on funding stem-cell research during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. Obama also signed a Presidential Memorandum pledging that the new administration "base our public policies on the soundest science.
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March 8
Vice president Joe Biden, left, President Barack Obama, and Michelle Obama share a laugh after the birthday tribute to Sen. Ted Kennedy at the Kennedy Center in Washington.
Katherine Frey-The Washington Post
March 6
President Obama stands next to Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman and Attorney General Eric Holder as he attends the Columbus Police graduation ceremony in Ohio.
Larry Downing-Reuters
March 5
President Barack Obama delivers remarks and takes questions to close the White House Forum on Health Reform in the East Room. Pictured, Sen. Edward Kennedy is given the honor of making the first comment.
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March 4
President Barack Obama makes remarks about his plan to reform a broken system of contracting to cut back on wasteful spending. Pictured, the President delivers his remarks while Senator John McCain listens at right.
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March 3
President Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown walk from the Oval Office to the East Wing for lunch after their meeting at the White House.
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March 3
President Obama waves alongside Vice President Joe Biden, center, and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood following his remarks at the Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C.
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March 2
President Barack Obama introduces Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, center, as his Health & Human Services Secretary nominee. Health Care Expert Nancy-Ann DeParle, right, has been chosen as Obama's Director of White House Office for Health Reform.
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Feb. 27
President Obama has fun with fan Miles Rawls, standing, while watching his favorite NBA team, the Chicago Bulls, take on the Wizards at Verizon Center in Washington.
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President Barack Obama speaks to Marines at Camp Lejeune, N.C., thanking them for their service and outlining his plan for troop reduction in Iraq.
Bill O'leary-The Washington Post
President Obama presents musician Stevie Wonder with the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song during a preformance in the East Room of the White House.
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Feb. 24
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Joe Biden stand and applaud during President Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress.
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Feb. 24
Before beginning his speech, the president handed copies of the document to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Biden. Obama's speech focused primarily on the country's economic crisis and offers solutions to fix it.
Melina Mara-The Washington Post
Feb. 24
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso meets with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.
Charles Dharapak-AP
Feb. 23
U.S. President Barack Obama, right, speaks to members of the National Governors Association in the state dining room of the White House in Washington, D.C. Obama promised the nation's governors "immediate help" to deal with the effects of a recession that has cut state tax revenue and driven up demand for government services.Listening from left are governors Mark Sanford of South Carolina, Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, Sonny Perdue of Georgia and Jim Douglas of Vermont.
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Feb. 23
President Obama speaks during the closing of the Fiscal Responsibility Summit in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House in Washington, D.C.
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Feb. 22
U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama make their way from the State Dining Room to the East Room to hear Earth Wind and Fire perform at the Governors dinner at the White House.
Kevin Lamarque-Reuters
Feb. 20
Vice President Joe Biden looks on as President Barack Obama speaks to mayors from across the country, in the East Room of the White House.
Ron Edmonds-AP
Feb. 19
President Barack Obama talks with Canadian Governor General Michaelle Jean after arriving in Ottawa, Ontario. Obama is making his first trip outside the U.S. since becoming president on Jan. 20.
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Feb. 19
President Obama signs the official government guest book in the Rotunda of Canada's Parliament building, as Audrey O'Brien-Clerk of the House of Commons, left, Peter Milliken-Speaker of the House of Commons, Stephen Harper-Prime Minister and Noel Kinsella-Speaker of the Senate look on.
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Feb. 18
President Barack Obama acknowledges the crowd at Dobson High School near Phoenix, as he begins to unveil his Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan to the public. The plan includes measures to allow homeowners to refinance into loans with cheaper payments.
Bill O'Leary-The Washington Post
Feb. 18
President Obama delivers remarks on his $75 billion foreclosure prevention program, which the administration expects to reach up to 9 million homeowners.
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Feb. 17
President Barack Obama signs the $787 billion economic stimulus plan called the 'American Recovery and Reinvestment Act,' as Vice President Joe Biden looks on, at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in Colorado.
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Feb. 17
The 'American Recovery and Reinvestment Act' document after it was signed into law by President Obama.
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Feb. 13
President Barack Obama delivers remarks from the East Room of the White House, highlighting the merits of his economic recovery plan and urging the nation to support it.
Gerald Martineau-The Washington Post
Feb. 12
Obama addresses lawmakers gathered in the Capitol Rotunda on Captiol Hill during a ceremony honoring former President Abraham Lincoln's bicentennial birthday.
Melina Mara-The Washington Post
Feb. 12
President Obama makes remarks to a gathering of employees and executives of the Caterpillar heavy equipment company in Peoria, Ill.
Bill O'Leary-The Washington Post
Feb. 11
President Barack Obama and the first lady Michelle Obama, right, are presented with a special copy of the Gettysburg Address by actor David Selby, left, portraying President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater's celebration of the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth in Washington, D.C.
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Feb. 11
President Obama makes remarks to close the Lincoln bicentennial program at Ford's Theater.
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Feb. 10
President Barack Obama salutes a Marine officer as he boards Marine One at the White House. Obama will travel to Fort Myers, Fla. for a town hall meeting to discuss his economic stimulus package.
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Feb. 10
President Obama walks with Col. Steven Shepro, left, towards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland for the flight to Florida.
Gerald Herbert-AP
Feb. 10
President Barack Obama hushes the crowd during the town hall meeting in Fort Myers, Fla. Obama hailed an $838 billion economic stimulus package, but said more work remained.
Jason Reed-Reuters
Feb. 10
President Obama holds a written note signifying that the Senate just passed the Recovery and Reinvestment Plan in reference to the economic stimulus package.
Charles Dharapak-AP
Feb. 10
Obama greets audience members at the Fort Myers, Fla. town hall meeting..
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Feb. 9
President Barack Obama pitches his economic stimulus plan to locals in Elkhart, Ind.
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Feb. 9
President Obama holds his first official press conference with reporters before a national prime-time audience. Obama said a failure to pass his economic stimulus proposal could "turn a crisis into a catastrophe."
Bill O'Leary-The Washington Post
Feb. 6
President Barack Obama signs an executive order establishing the President's Economic Recovery Board, chaired by former Federal Reserve head Paul Volcker, right, in the East Room of the White House.
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Feb. 5
President Obama speaks on energy policy at the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C.
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Feb. 4
President Obama meets with Vice President Joe Biden, Middle East Envoy George Mitchell and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Oval Office.
Bill O'Leary-The Washington Post
Feb. 4
President Obama, accompanied by new Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, speaks about executive compensation in the Grand Foyer of the White House.
Charles Dharapak-AP
Feb. 3
President Barack Obama, left, nominates Republican Sen. Judd Gregg to be Commerce secretary, a bipartisan gesture that the Democratic president stressed was necessary with the economy in a virtual free fall. Obama initially had tapped Bill Richardson for the Commerce job, but the New Mexico governor withdrew amid a grand jury investigation into a state contract.
Gerald Martineau-The Washington Post
Feb. 2
President Obama, right, meets with Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas in the Oval Office. Obama teamed up with Douglas, the Republican vice chairman of the National Governors Association, as he sought bipartisan backing for the stimulus legislation. An $819 billion version passed the House, without a single Republican vote.
Gerald Martineau-The Washington Post
Jan. 30
President Barack Obama, right, along with Vice President Joe Biden, delivers remarks in the East Room of the White House before signing a series of executive orders that he said should "level the playing field" for labor unions in their struggles with management.
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Jan. 30
President Obama reaches into the crowd to greets guests after the executive orders signing ceremony. Obama also announced a new White House task force on the problems of middle-class Americans. He said, "We're not forgetting the poor. They are going to be front and center, because they, too, share our American Dream."
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Jan. 29
President Obama turns to present the pen he has just used to sign the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to Ledbetter herself in the East Room.
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Jan. 29
President Obama walks to the East Room of the White House with Lilly Ledbetter of Alabama. Obama signed a bill named after Ledbetter who, after 19 years as a manager at Goodyear Tire, sued her employer when she discovered she was the lowest-paid supervisor, despite having more experience than several male co-workers.
Jim Bourg-Reuters
Jan. 28
President Obama shakes hands with audience members after the president spoke about the economy. Obama spoke hours ahead of a House vote to pass the economic stimulus bill.
Charles Dharapak-AP
Jan. 28
President Obama sits between with Anne Mulchahy of Xerox, left, and Eric Schmidt of Google, right during a meeting with business leaders to discuss the economy.
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Jan. 28
President Obama met with Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, one day after Gates testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Obama stands with Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen.
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Jan. 27
A group pf photographers swarm President Obama after he visits the Hill to talk with both House and Senate members about the stimulus bill.
Bill O'Leary-The Washington Post
Jan. 26
Timothy F. Geithner, right, is sworn in as U.S. treasury secretary by Vice President Joseph Biden as Geithner's wife, Carole, and President Obama look on at the Treasury Department in Washington. As treasury secretary, Geithner, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, is now in the center of a global effort to arrest the financial crisis and end the country's longest recession.
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Jan. 26
President Obama greets Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, left, following the swearing-in of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. Bernanke, who was selected Fed chairman by President George W. Bush in 2006 for a four-year term.
Manuel Balce Ceneta-AP
Jan. 23
Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.), left, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) join President Obama in the Roosevelt Room of the White House during a bipartisan congressional meeting to discuss an $825 billion economic stimulus package.
Jason Reed-Reuters
Jan. 26
President Obama meets with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Mideast Envoy George J. Mitchell in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Mitchell will lead U.S. efforts to bolster peace negotiations in the Middle East, including a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
Larry Downing-Reuters
Jan. 26
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, left, accompanies the president after Obama signed an executive order dealing with energy independence and climate change. The moves are aimed at reversing decisions by the Bush administration, which Obama said had stood in the way of bold action by California and other states to limit greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles.
Ron Edmonds-AP
Jan. 23
President Obama and Vice President Biden meet with Congressional leaders from both parties in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
Charles Dharapak-AP
Jan. 22
Obama walks through the kitchen area of the Brady press briefing room at the White House as he makes a surprise visit. On the left is Major Garrett of Fox News.
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Jan. 22
Obama holds a meeting in the Oval Office with Biden, left, Peter Orszag, director of the Office of Management and Budget, Rahm Emanuel, chief of staff, and Larry Summers, national economic director. Obama ordered the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba closed within a year and banned intelligence agencies from using the harshest interrogation techniques.
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Jan. 22
Obama listens alongside Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after announcing Richard Holbrooke as Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, at the State Department in Washington.
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Jan. 22
President Obama signs a series of executive orders, including one closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay, in the Oval Office of the White House.
Charles Dharapak-AP
Jan. 21
First Lady Michelle Obama, President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, his wife Jill Biden, former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Clinton attend the inaugural prayer service Wednesday morning at National Cathedral.
Gerald Martineau-The Washington Post
Jan. 21
Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office of the White House this morning.
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Jan. 21
Obama talks with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in the Oval Office.
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Jan. 21
Obama finishes signing one of the executive orders of his new administration as Biden awaits the handoff.
Gerald Martineau-The Washington Post
Jan. 21
Senior staff members in the Obama administration raise their hands as they are sworn in by Biden today.
Gerald Martineau-The Washington Post
Jan. 21
Biden asks senior staff members to stand for their official swearing-in ceremony.
Gerald Martineau-The Washington Post
Jan. 21
Obama and first lady Michelle Obama stand in a receiving line as they greet members of the public in the Blue Room on the State Floor of the White House.
Charles Dharapak-AP
Jan. 21
Barack and Michelle Obama shake hands with Sosa and Beverly Ezeokoli of Brooklyn, N.Y., as members of the public tour the White House.
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