Barack Obama

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

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President Barack Obama returns to the White House in Washington, Friday, April 15, 2011, after a trip to Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama is interviewed by The Associated Press, Friday, April 15, 2011, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 13, 2011, about President Barack Obama's speech on the deficit and his plan for future spending. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican and Budget Committee chairman, talks with reporters after joining members of the party leadership in their response to President Obama's 2012 budget-plan speech on Wednesday. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Jon Kyl says the Obama administration's policy on arms control could undermine deterrence.

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President Obama announces his fiscal policy during an address at George Washington University in Washington on Wednesday, April 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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**FILE** President Obama poses April 8 for photographers in the Blue Room of the White House after speaking on the budget and potential government shutdown that was averted when Republican and Democratic lawmakers reached a deal. (Associated Press)

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President Obama greets students from Altona Middle School in Longmont, Colo., on the South Portico of the White House on Monday. Shalini Schane (second from left) had written to the president. (Associated Press)

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President Obama walks back toward the Rose Garden of the White House on Monday after meeting students from Altona Middle School in Longmont, Colo. The president received a letter from a school parent who was worried that her son's trip would be canceled by a government shutdown, which was averted. (Associated Press)

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The re-election campaign of President Obama has set up shop in Chicago, the city the president calls home. He's coming back Thursday to raise money, a week after launching his campaign with an email and video. He's made only about a half a dozen visits to the city during his presidency. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** President Obama speaks in the Blue Room of the White House about the budget and averted government shutdown after a deal was made between Republican and Democrat lawmakers on April 8, 2011. (Associated Press)

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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, California Republican, says the Obama administration is rushing to judgment and has bypassed Congress in pushing for the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell." (Associated Press)

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After weeks of being criticized for being absent from the discussions as a shutdown inched closer, President Obama this week made a full-court press that began with phone calls to Hill leaders on Saturday. (Associated Press)

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STANDSTILL: House Speaker John A. Boehner (left) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, after meeting with President Obama on Thursday, tell reporters that all sides are trying to reach an agreement to prevent a budget shutdown, but none appeared to waver. (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, April 6, 2011, after meeting with House Speaker John A. Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid regarding the budget and the possible government shutdown. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner (right), Ohio Republican, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, speak to reporters after their meeting at the White House in Washington with President Obama regarding the budget and possible government shutdown, on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)