Barack Obama

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** FILE ** President Barack Obama is applauded by members of Congress, and others, after signing an Executive Order on stem cells and a Presidential Memorandum on scientific integrity, Monday, March 9, 2009, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

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**FILE** Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States of America by Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts Jr. at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 2009. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Then President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, leave St. John's Church on Tuesday morning, Jan. 20, 2009. Following the service at St. John's, the Obamas went to the White House to meet with President Bush and his wife before heading to the U.S. Capitol for the inauguration.

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** FILE ** Barack Obama takes the oath of office, becoming the 44th president of the United States and the first black person to hold the position on Jan. 20, 2009. He is joined on the Capitol steps by wife Michelle and daughters Malia (second from right) and Sasha. He was sworn in using the Bible from Abraham Lincoln's first inauguration, in 1861. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)

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This artwork by Paul Tong relates to Barack Obama's inauguration.

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President-elect Barack Obama speaks at the Lincoln Memorial during an inaugural concert in Washington , Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Associated Press Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama - who campaigned on "change we can believe in" - spoke to supporters at a primary night rally in St. Paul, Minn.

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President-elect Barack Obama and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett (Associated Press)

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AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES 'BARRY O'BOMBER': President-elect Barack Obama began playing basketball at 10 after his father gave him a ball. Now at 47, he remains an avid player.

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** FILE ** Then President-elect Barack Obama checks his BlackBerry in St. Louis.

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Then-Sen. Barack Obama signs a copy of his book "The Audacity of Hope" at Bowie State University in November 2006. Key members of the president-elect's team have also authored books. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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President-elect Barack Obama (right) announces Federal Reserve Board Governor-designate Daniel Tarullo (center) and Commodities Futures Trading Commission Chairman-designate Gary Gensler in Chicago on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)

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Then-President-elect Barack Obama used his YouTube videos as a tool to reach out to the American public. ** FILE **

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GETTY IMAGES Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas (left) picked up a lawsuit by New Jersey lawyer Leo Donofrio, who argues that Barack Obama is ineligible to be president, and referred it to the full court after Justice David H. Souter (right) had refused it. The court Friday is to vote whether to accept the case.