Keeping Current
President Obama reads the paper in the presidential state car on his way back to the White House after a discussion with Arne Duncan and a class of sixth-graders at Graham Road Elementary School in Falls Church, Va.

Building Consensus
The President delivers remarks to the press in Falls Church on "Race to The Top," a $1.3 billion education grant competition to help schools innovate and improve.

Taking Care of Business
Obama makes foreign policy-related calls from the White House.

Consulting
National Security Advisor Gen. Jim Jones and Michael Froman, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, brief Obama before a series of foreign policy phone calls.

Private
President Obama, Vice President Biden and Phil Schiliro, assistant to the president for legislative affairs, discuss the special election for US Senate in Massachusetts. The President's private office appears on the right.

Discussion
The President and Vice-President talk policy over lunch.

Deep Thinkers
President Obama listens to advisors during an economic briefing in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.

Serious Men
The President leans in to hear Economic Advisor Larry Summers at the end of the economic briefing.

Thinking
President Obama throws his head back during the economic briefing.One Year Later
The President during the economic briefing.

One Year Later
The President during the economic briefing.

SOURCE: TIME Magazine



