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Feb. 4, 2009 “The President talks with aides during an impromptu meeting around the Resolute desk.” (Official White House photo by Pete Souza)

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President Obama met with National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice (left) and House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Tuesday before meeting with members of Congress to discuss Syria and a proposed military strike. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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President Obama speaks to the press as National Security Adviser Susan Rice (left) and House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, look to him in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Sept. 3, 2013, before a meeting with members of Congress to discuss the situation in Syria. (Associated Press)

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President Obama, flanked by House Speaker John Boehner (left), Ohio Republican, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, speaks to media in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Sept. 3, 2013, before a meeting with members of Congress to discuss the situation in Syria. (Associated Press)

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Republican Sens. John McCain (left) of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina speak with reporters after a meeting at the White House with President Obama about the ongoing situation in Syria on Monday, Sept. 2, 2013 in Washington. (Associated Press)

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President Obama walks back to the Oval Office after making a statement about the crisis in Syria in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Obama meets with his national security staff in the Situation Room of the White House on Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, to discuss the situation in Syria. From left at the table are National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Vice President Joseph R. Biden. (White House Photo/Pete Souza)

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** FILE ** President Obama pauses after speaking to members of the media during his meeting with Baltic leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)