Barack Obama

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** FILE ** President Obama speaks at the Old Executive Office Building on Tuesday to urge Congress to extend the payroll-tax cut and unemployment insurance through the end of the year. (Associated Press)

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President Obama pushes Congress to extend the payroll-tax cut and unemployment insurance through the end of the year during a speech on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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President Barack Obama speaks about the "Community College to Career Fund" and his 2013 budget, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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President Obama speaks Feb. 13, 2012, about the "Community College to Career Fund" and his 2013 budget at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va. (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks Feb. 13, 2012, about the "Community College to Career Fund" and his 2013 budget at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va. (Associated Press)

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President Barack Obama watches as a marshmallow is launched in a gun designed by Joey Hudy, left, of Phoenix, Ariz., left, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington during the White House Science Fair. Obama hosted the second White House Science Fair celebrating the student winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competitions from across the country. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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President Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly, signs Feb. 10, 2012, the Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012 in the Oval Office of the White House. The bill, which gives law enforcement greater authority to combat illicit drug trafficking on U.S. borders, is the last piece of legislation that Giffords sponsored and voted on. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** President Obama speaks Feb. 9, 2012, about flexibility for states with the No Child Left Behind law at the White House. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., center, accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, and Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, to criticize President Barack Obama for insisting that employers must provide health insurance that includes birth control for women. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Barack Obama gestures after speaking about No Child Left Behind, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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**FILE** President Obama speaks Sept. 23, 2011, about No Child Left Behind Reform at the White House. (Associated Press)

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Rep. John Kline, Minnesota Republican and chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, says President Obama must be ousted in the next election because of government overreach, such as in higher education. (J.M. Eddins/The Washington Times)