Barack Obama

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President Obama, accompanied by Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and others, meets Thursday with police officers and first responders at the First Precinct before visiting the National Sept. 11 Memorial at Ground Zero in New York. (Associated Press)

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President Obama and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (right) meet Thursday with firefighters and first responders at Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9 before visiting the National Sept. 11 Memorial at Ground Zero in New York. (Associated Press)

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PRAYERS: Members of the hard-line group Islam Defenders Front gather by portraits of Osama bin Laden and President Obama in Jakarta, Indonesia, during prayers Wednesday for the al Qaeda leader killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan. Mr. Obama is scheduled to meet Thursday with Sept. 11 families in New York. (Associated Press)

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In this image released by the White House, President Obama listens during one in a series of meetings discussing the mission against Osama bin Laden, in the Situation Room of the White House on Sunday. (Associated Press)

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In this image released by the White House, President Barack Obama edits his speech in the Oval Office prior to making a televised statement detailing the mission against Osama bin Laden, Sunday, May 1, 2011, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama met with Cabinet members including Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates. The administration will release a photo of the body of Osama bin Laden, CIA Director Leon E. Panetta indicated.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Security at transportation hubs such as New York's Grand Central Station has been heightened after President Obama on Sunday announced the killing of terrorist Osama bin Laden. "A flawed ideology did not die with one man," said Tom Ridge, the nation's first Homeland Security secretary.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS In this image released by the White House and digitally altered to obscure the material in front of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (right), she, President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden (left), along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House on Sunday.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama presents the Medal of Honor to George Kaho'ohanohano, nephew of Korean War casualty Pfc. Anthony T. Kaho'ohanohano, during a posthumous-award ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Monday.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama finishes introducing a reshuffled national security team on Thursday. From left are: U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan-designate Ryan C. Crocker; top commander-designate for U.S. forces in Afghanistan Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John Allen; CIA Director-nominee Gen. David H. Petraeus; Defense Secretary-nominee Leon E. Panetta; outgoing Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates; the president; Vice President Joseph R. Biden; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; and National Security Adviser Thomas E. Donilon.

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President Obama departs the White House on his way to attend services at Shiloh Baptist Church in D.C.'s Shaw neighborhood. (Associated Press)

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Wearing her Sunday best, 5-year-old Mercedes Webster walks down the church steps after Easter Mass at the historic Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle on Rhode Island Avenue in the District. The service, attended by an overflow congregation, focused largely on Scripture. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Naomi Pitcairn, of Oakland, Calif., is escorted away by police officers after protesting at a fundraiser for President Obama in San Francisco on Thursday. Mr. Obama was addressing about 200 people who paid up to $35,800 apiece at the fundraiser. (Associated Press)

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Don't count on actor Matt Damon attending any of President Obama's six fundraisers on the West Coast. (Associated Press)

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President Obama gestures during a town-hall meeting at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va., on Tuesday, April 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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President Obama gestures during a town-hall meeting at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va., on Tuesday, April 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama (center seated) and others lower their heads during an Easter prayer breakfast with Christian leaders in the East Room of the White House. Leading the prayer at the lectern is Vashti Murphy McKenzie, bishop at African Methodist Episcopal Church.