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**FILE** President Barack Obama is presented a team jersey by former Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka as he stands with the 1985 Super Bowl XX Champion Bears football team during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on Oct. 7, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. passes at left as Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., right, talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, as Republican returned to the Capitol after a two-hour meeting at the White House with President Barack Obama, trying to come up with a bipartisan solution to the budget stalemate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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** FILE ** Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., shrugs as he talks to reporters about a two-hour meeting at the White House that he and other Senate Republicans had with President Barack Obama, trying to come up with a bipartisan solution to the budget stalemate, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Barack Obama meets with small business owners about the government shutdown and debt ceiling, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama shows military officials the White House Christmas Tree in the Blue Room following a meeting, Dec. 1, 2011. The 18-foot-6 inch balsam fir was decorated with holiday cards created by military children and ornaments featuring medals, badges, and patches from all of the military branches. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)