President Obama waves as he walks down the West Wing Colonnade of the White House on Feb. 12, 2013, ahead of State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill later that day. (Associated Press)
President Obama looks towards reporters shouting questions as he walks down the West Wing Colonnade of the White House in Washington on Feb. 12, 2013, ahead of the State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill that evening. (Associated Press)
President Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 11, 2013, during a Medal of Honor ceremony for retired Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha. (Associated Press)
President Obama bestows the Medal of Honor on retired Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
** FILE ** White House press secretary Jay Carney pauses as he speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
**FILE** President Obama walks out of the Oval Office and heads to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Feb. 4, 2013. (Associated Press)