Dwight D. Eisenhower

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President Barack Obama, accompanied by China's President Hu Jintao, gestures during their meeting with business leaders, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS 'GRIDLOCK' BUSTER: President Obama discusses the Dream Act at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Wednesday. "This has been a season of progress for the American people," Mr. Obama said.

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President Obama, left, shakes hands with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, right, after signing the $858 billion tax deal into law in a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Obama makes a statement to reporters in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010, before meeting with CEOs of some of the nation's leading companies. (AP Photo)

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President Barack Obama makes a statement in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, on the White House campus in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, about his meeting today with Republican and Democratic Congressional leaders. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Barack Obama arrives in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, on the White House campus in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, to make a statement to reporters about his meeting today with Republican and Democratic Congressional leaders. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Barack Obama makes a statement in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, on the White House campus in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, about his meeting today with Republican and Democratic Congressional leaders. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Barack Obama makes a statement in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, on the White House campus in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, about his meeting today with Republican and Democratic Congressional leaders. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Barack Obama makes a statement in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, on the White House campus in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, about his meeting today with Republican and Democratic Congressional leaders. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. shares a laugh with Council of Economic Advisers Chair Christina Romer before speaking about a quarterly report on the Recovery Act on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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President Eisenhower dispatched paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division on Sept. 26, 1957, to defend the desegregation of Little Rock's Central High School against the angry crowd, Arkansas National Guard and governor. (AP Photo)