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President Obama welcomes guests during a salute to blues music Tuesday in the East Room of the White House. The star-studded event featured Mick Jagger and B.B. King, among others, and was taped for broadcast Monday night on PBS. (Associated Press)

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From left, B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Warren Haynes were among those who performed Tuesday at the White House. President Obama got a few blues notes in as well. (Associated Press)

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B.B. King (left), Buddy Guy (center) and Warren Haynes perform in recognition of Black History Month on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Obama talks Feb. 21, 2012, at the White House about the importance of the payroll-tax cut and jobless-benefits extension compromise that bi-partisan House and Senate conferees reached the previous week. He is joined by people who posted comments on the White House web site about how the tax cut would affect them. (Associated Press)

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President Obama pauses Feb. 10, 2012, while announcing at the White House the revamp of his contraception policy requiring religious institutions to fully pay for birth control. (Associated Press)

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President Obama and Ambassador Eklil Ahmad Hakimi of Afghanistan are pictured in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Photo courtesy of www.embassyofafghanistan.org)

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Vice President Joe Biden meets with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Obama meets with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping on Feb., 14, 2012, at the White House. (Associated Press)

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President Barack Obama watches as a marshmallow is launched in a gun designed by Joey Hudy, left, of Phoenix, Ariz., left, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington during the White House Science Fair. Obama hosted the second White House Science Fair celebrating the student winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competitions from across the country. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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** FILE ** President Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, announces Feb. 10, 2012, at the White House the revamp of his contraception policy requiring religious institutions to fully pay for birth control. (Associated Press)

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President Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly, signs Feb. 10, 2012, the Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012 in the Oval Office of the White House. The bill, which gives law enforcement greater authority to combat illicit drug trafficking on U.S. borders, is the last piece of legislation that Giffords sponsored and voted on. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** President Obama speaks Feb. 9, 2012, about flexibility for states with the No Child Left Behind law at the White House. (Associated Press)

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President Barack Obama gestures after speaking about No Child Left Behind, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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**FILE** President Obama speaks Sept. 23, 2011, about No Child Left Behind Reform at the White House. (Associated Press)

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First lady Michelle Obama and comedian Jimmy Fallon compete at tug-of-war at the White House during a taping of Mr. Fallon's "Late Night" program Jan. 25. Mrs. Obama has made the talk-show rounds while promoting her "Let's Move!" fitness campaign. (The White House via Associated Press)