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President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Malia (left) and Sasha walk across the South Lawn of the White House on Aug., 26, 2011, after a family vacation on Martha's Vineyard. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Environmental activists gather outside the White House on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, to protest the Keystone XL pipeline. (Associated Press)

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White House deputy press secretary Josh Earnest gives a press briefing at a hotel in Vineyard Haven, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard, on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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** FILE ** Former Obama White House press secretary Robert Gibbs speaks on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011, on NBC's "Meet the Press." (Associated Press)

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President Obama receives a briefing on Aug. 19, 2011, from Homeland Security and Counterterrorism adviser John Brennan in Martha's Vineyard, Mass. (Courtesy of the White House)

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Illustration: White House dinner by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

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** FILE ** President Barack Obama leaves the Oval Office of the White House in Washington Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, on his way to play golf at Andrews Air Force Base. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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** FILE ** President Obama signs the health care bill at the White House in Washington on March 23, 2010. (Associated Press)

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President Obama signs the health care bill in the White House on March 23, 2010. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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**FILE** White House Press Secretary Jay Carney gestures during his daily news briefing at the White House on Aug., 10, 2011. (Associated Press)

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White House image of President Obama during the dignified transfer of remains of troops killed in Afghanistan, Dover AFB, August 9, 2011.

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President Obama arrives at the White House on Aug. 9, 2011, after making an unannounced trip to Dover Air Force Base, in Dover, Del., to pay tribute to the 30 U.S. troops killed over the weekend in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Education Secretary Arne Duncan (right) discusses waivers for No Child Left Behind at the White House on Monday as White House press secretary Jay Carney looks on. The Obama administration has moved forward with a plan to grant waivers to states if they demonstrate reform and maintain high levels of student achievement. Several states will apply for relief.