Barack Obama

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President Obama talks with reporters about the 2011 budget negotiations. He said he should not have to be a referee for Congress. (Associated Press)

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President Obama gestures while speaking Tuesday about the possible government shutdown at the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2009 file photo, Barack Obama, left, joined by his wife Michelle, takes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts to become the 44th president of the United States at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. A White House site offering one-page biographies of all 44 presidents, has just six paragraphs in Obama's biography _ with no details about the historic 2008 campaign. It ends with his inauguration. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)

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President Obama takes questions from reporters Tuesday about the possible government shutdown at week's end. "I shouldn't have to oversee a process in which Congress deals with last year's budget where we only have six months left," he said about staying out of it. (Associated Press)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner, accompanied by House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (right), talks about the budget on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington following his morning meeting with President Obama. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Obama speaks about a possible government shutdown this week during a press conference at the White House in Washington on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Obama's new re-election bumper sticker. (Image from Obama for America)

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Idaho Republican Rep. Michael K. Simpson and other critics say the Obama administration is violating a federal law that designates Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the leading candidate for nuclear-waste disposal. (Associated Press)

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A billboard in President Obama's hometown is intended to "encourage reflection on the disproportionate number of abortions among African Americans."

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"The United States of America cannot afford to bet our long-term prosperity, our long-term security on a resource that will eventually run out, and even before it runs out will get more and more expensive to extract from the ground," President Obama said of oil in an address on energy policy at Georgetown University on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

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"The United States of America cannot afford to bet our long-term prosperity, our long-term security on a resource that will eventually run out, and even before it runs out will get more and more expensive to extract from the ground," President Obama said of oil in an address on energy policy at Georgetown University on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

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U.S. national security officials say the Taiwan arms package is being delayed by senior Obama administration officials, including Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, who are seeking to avoid a third rupture in U.S.-China military relations over Taiwan arms sales. (Associated Press)