Barack Obama

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President Obama speaks during a news conference at the G-20 Summit in Cannes, France, on Nov. 4, 2011. (Associated Press)

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President Obama taps his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy during an afternoon G20 summit session in Cannes on Nov. 3, 2011. (Associated Press)

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President Obama greets construction workers after speaking about jobs at Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. If he is re-elected next year, he would break a long history of losses by incumbents who had an approval rating below 50 percent a year before voters go to the polls. (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks in front of the Key Bridge, which spans D.C. and Arlington, Va., on Nov. 2, 2011, urging Congress to pass the infrastructure piece of the American Jobs Act. (Associated Press)

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President Obama (left) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy make statements to reporters at the G-20 summit in Cannes, France, on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Demonstrators hold petitions asking President Obama to protect Iranians at Camp Ashraf in Iraq during a rally at the White House on Saturday.

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D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (right) chats with Mid-Atlantic Regional Council of Carpenters Deputy Public Affairs Director Thomas Blanton (left) and Rep. John Larson, Connecticut Democrat, on Nov. 2, 2011, at Georgetown Waterfront Park in D.C., as they wait for President Obama to address a crowd on the infrastructure portion of the American Jobs Act. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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President Obama implores Congress to pass the infrastructure part of the American Jobs Act as he speaks on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, to a Washington audience that includes ironworkers and steamfitters at Georgetown Waterfront Park. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Demonstrators hold petitions asking President Obama to protect Iranians at Camp Ashraf in Iraq during a rally at the White House on Saturday. (Associated Press)

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Tyrone Thomas of Suitland, Md, and member of Ironworkers Local 5 walks past the U.S. flag as he and others wait for President Barack Obama's arrival and remarks urging Congress to pass the infrastructure part of the American Jobs Act, in front of a crowd which included iron workers and steam fitters, at Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. (Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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President Obama waves goodbye to a crowd that included ironworkers and steamfitters following his speech urging Congress to pass the infrastructure part of the American Jobs Act, at Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Secret Service agents scout the scene prior to the arrival of President Barack Obama, who was scheduled to offer marks urging Congress to pass the infrastructure part of the American Jobs Act, in front of a crowd which included iron workers and steam fitters, at Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. (Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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President Barack Obama shakes hands with Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray after he offered remarks urging Congress to pass the infrastructure part of the American Jobs Act, in front of a crowd which included iron workers and steam fitters, at Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. (Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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President Obama shakes hands with people in a crowd that included ironworkers and steamfitters after he offered remarks urging Congress to pass the infrastructure part of the American Jobs Act at Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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President Obama shakes hands with some in the crowd who heard him speak at Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. The president urged Congress to pass the infrastructure part of the American Jobs Act. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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President Obama urges Congress to pass the infrastructure part of the American Jobs Act in a speech to an audience that included ironworkers and steamfitters at Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (right) chats with Mid-Atlantic Regional Council of Carpenters Deputy Public Affairs Director Thomas Blanton (left) and Rep. John Larson (D-CT, center) as they wait for President Barack Obama to arrive and offer remarks urging Congress to pass the infrastructure part of the American Jobs Act, in front of a crowd which included iron workers and steam fitters, at Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 2, 2011. (Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (center) chats with iron workers and others as they wait for President Barack Obama to arrive and offer remarks urging Congress to pass the infrastructure part of the American Jobs Act, in front of a crowd which included iron workers and steam fitters, at Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 2, 2011. (Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Laphonsor Price of Bowie, Md, and a member of Steamfitters Local 602, chats with reporters as he and others wait for President Barack Obama's arrival and remarks urging Congress to pass the infrastructure part of the American Jobs Act, in front of a crowd which included iron workers and steam fitters, at Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 2, 2011. (Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Hayden Duncan of Landover, Md, and member of Ironworkers Local 5 chats with reporters as he and others wait for President Barack Obama's arrival and remarks urging Congress to pass the infrastructure part of the American Jobs Act, in front of a crowd which included iron workers and steam fitters, at Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 2, 2011. (Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)