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** FILE ** President Obama and veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas (left) celebrate a shared birthday on Aug. 4, 2009, in the White House Press Briefing Room in Washington. Ms. Thomas died on Saturday, July 20, 2013. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** President Obama stands with families who benefited from the health care law provision that provides consumers with a refund if their insurance company doesn’t spend the majority of premium dollars on medical care, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, July 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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** FILE ** White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, July 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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** FILE ** President Obama speaks during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on July 15, 2013. (Associated Press)

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White House press secretary Jay Carney pauses during his daily briefing at the White House in Washington on Tuesday, July 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Neil Bush speaks during a ceremony to award the 5,000th Daily Point of Light Award to Floyd Hammer and Kathy Hamilton, from Union, Iowa, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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President Barack Obama with former President George H. W. Bush, first lady Michelle Obama and former first lady Barbara Bush, behind left, arrive to present the 5,000th Daily Point of Light Award to Floyd Hammer and Kathy Hamilton, a retired couple and farm owners from Union, Iowa, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)