Barack Obama

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President Barack Obama accepts his party's nomination for a second term as President of the United States at the Democratic National Convention in the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, September 6, 2012. (Andrew Geraci/ The Washington Times)

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President Barack Obama accepts his party's nomination for a second term as President of the United States at the Democratic National Convention in the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, September 6, 2012. (Andrew Geraci/ The Washington Times)

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President Barack Obama accepts his party's nomination for a second term as President of the United States at the Democratic National Convention in the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, September 6, 2012. (Andrew Geraci/ The Washington Times)

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Mary J. Blige takes the stage to sing on the night that President Barack Obama accepts his party's nomination for a second term as President of the United States at the Democratic National Convention.(Barbara Salisbury/ The Washington Times)

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Mary J. Blige takes the stage to sing on the night that President Barack Obama accepts his party's nomination for a second term as President of the United States. (Andrew Geraci/ The Washington Times)

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Mary J. Blige takes the stage to sing on the night that President Barack Obama accepts his party's nomination for a second term as President of the United States at the Democratic National Convention.(Barbara Salisbury/ The Washington Times)

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James Taylor performs before President Barack Obama accepts his party's nomination for a second term as President of the United States. (Barbara Salisbury/ The Washington Times)

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James Taylor performs before President Barack Obama accepts his party's nomination for a second term as President of the United States at the Democratic National Convention in the Time Warner Arena in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, September 6, 2012. (Andrew Geraci/ The Washington Times)

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North Carolina delegate Vani Hari, who is staging a one-woman protest that the Obama administration has not addressed the issue of genetically modified crops, is interviewed at the Democratic National Convention at the Time Warner Arena in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday, September 5, 2012. (Barbara Salisbury/ The Washington Times)

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President Barack Obama joins the 42nd President of the United States, after Clinton addressed the Democratic National Convention at the Time Warner Arena in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday, September 5, 2012. (Barbara Salisbury/ The Washington Times)

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President Barack Obama joins the 42nd President of the United States, after Clinton addressed the Democratic National Convention at the Time Warner Arena in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday, September 5, 2012. (Barbara Salisbury/ The Washington Times)

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Interior Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar omitted coal when he laid out the Obama administration’s energy feats over the past 3½ years Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. (Andrew Geraci/ The Washington Times)

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As keynote speaker at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, Barack Obama enchanted his audience with a message of hope, change and unity. In 2008, as a young, energetic and charismatic presidential candidate, he won over voters with his call for a new kind of Washington politics. (The Washington Times)

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After more than three years as president, Barack Obama's tone has taken a sharp turn from when he was a candidate. “We’re not going to go backwards and re-fight the same fights we had over the last three years” he said at a campaign rally this year. (Associated Press)