White House Photo Blog
Monday, Sept. 12, 2011
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden greet participants in the Roosevelt Room of the White House before a statement on the American Jobs Act in the Rose Garden. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011
A woman hugs President Barack Obama as he greets guests following a ceremony commemorating the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks against the United States, at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama visit Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Section 60 is reserved for military personnel who have lost their lives while fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Friday, Sept. 9, 2011
President Barack Obama is briefed before a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office, to discuss the situation at the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. Pictured, from left, are: Brooke Anderson, National Security Staff Chief of Staff and Counselor; John Buchanan, Director of Operations and Deputy Director of the White House Situation Room; National Security Advisor Tom Donilon; Steve Simon, Senior Director for Middle East and North Africa; Prem Kumar, Director for Israeli and Palestinian Affairs; Dennis Ross, Senior Director for the Central Region; and Denis McDonough, Deputy National Security Advisor. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with Rep. Chris VanHollen, D-Md., before addressing a Joint Session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Pictured, from left, are: Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.; Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va.; Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with Governor Rick Perry to express his concern for citizens of Texas impacted by the unprecedented fires, during a phone call in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with Chief of Staff Bill Daley in the Outer Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Monday, Sept. 5, 2011
A man grasps President Barack Obama's hand as he greets people in the crowd after addressing the Labor Day celebration in Detroit, Mich. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011
President Barack Obama comforts a resident in a neighborhood hit with flooding from Hurricane Irene in Wayne, N.J. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Friday, Sept. 2, 2011
President Barack Obama meets with, from left, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, National Economic Council Deputy Director Brian Deese, National Economic Council member Katharine Abraham, and Senior Advisor David Plouffe, in the Oval Office following the release of the monthly employment report. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with, from left, Senior Advisor David Plouffe, National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling, and Chief of Staff Bill Daley in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with senior advisors in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. Pictured, from left, are Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Chief of Staff Bill Daley, and Senior Advisor David Plouffe. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011
President Barack Obama signs a hand as he greets people along a rope line at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in St. Paul, Minn. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Monday, Aug. 29, 2011
Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011
Friday, Aug. 27, 2011
President Barack Obama visits the National Response Coordination Center at FEMA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., to monitor the latest on Hurricane Irene. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Thursday, Aug. 26, 2011
President Barack Obama confers on Hurricane Irene with affected governors and mayors, as John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, monitors the call, inside the Fisher House at Blue Heron Farm in Chilmark, Mass. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
President Barack Obama receives an economic briefing from Brian Deese, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, in Chilmark, Mass. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011
President Barack Obama talks on the phone with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in Chilmark, Mass. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Monday, August 22, 2011
Reflected in a mirror, President Barack Obama conducts a conference call with his national security staff, including John Brennan (right), Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism, on the situation in Libya in Chilmark, Mass. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Friday, Aug. 19, 2011
President Barack Obama receives a national security briefing from John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism, in Martha's Vineyard, Mass. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011
Vice President Joe Biden laughs with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping after a banquet dinner at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)
Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
President Barack Obama prepares to catch a football while surrounded by Galesburg High School football players in Galesburg, Ill. The President greeted students and watched the football team practice during the stop on his three-day bus tour in the Midwest. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with people at Grasshoppers store in Le Claire, Iowa, during a three-day bus tour in the Midwest focusing on ways to grow the economy. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Monday, Aug. 15, 2011
President Barack Obama waves to people along the road in Decorah, Iowa, during a three-day bus tour in the Midwest focusing on ways to grow the economy. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Friday, Aug. 12, 2011
President Barack Obama meets with senior advisors in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011
President Barack Obama waves to an employee in a "clean" facility during a tour of Johnson Controls Inc. in Holland, Mich. Elizabeth Rolinski, vice president of operations at Johnson Controls Inc., right, accompanied the President during the tour of the advanced battery facility. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with Mike Froman, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, before a call in the Oval Office. Pictured, from left, are; Caroline Atkinson, Special Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs; NSC Deputy Executive Secretary Valerie Boyd; Liz Sherwood-Randall, Special Assistant to the President and NSC Senior Director for European Affairs; and National Security Advisor Tom Donilon. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011
President Barack Obama, in the process of saluting, participates in a ceremony at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., for the dignified transfer of U.S. and Afghan personnel who died in Afghanistan on Aug. 6. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Monday, Aug. 8, 2011
Dr. Jill Biden and former Senator Bill Frist visit the Dagahaley refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)
Friday, Aug. 5, 2011
President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House before departing for Camp David. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)
Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011
President Barack Obama meets with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011
President Barack Obama has lunch with a group of advisors who worked on the debt negotiations, at Good Stuff Eatery in Washington, D.C. Seated clockwise with the President are: Bruce Reed, Chief of Staff to the Vice President; OMB Director Jack Lew; Nancy-Ann DeParle, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy; National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling; and Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011
President Barack Obama works on his remarks in the Outer Oval Office before making a statement to the press regarding the Senate's vote on the Budget Control Act of 2011. Pictured, from left, are: Director of Communications Dan Pfeiffer; Press Secretary Jay Carney; Jon Lovett, Associate Director of Speechwriting; and Senior Advisor David Plouffe. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Monday, Aug. 1, 2011
President Barack Obama meets with U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford in the Oval Office. (White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Friday, July 29, 2011
President Barack Obama and Press Secretary Jay Carney walk along the Colonnade of the White House towards the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Thursday, July 28, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with staff during a Domestic Policy Council meeting in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
President Barack Obama meets with, from left, Senior Advisor David Plouffe, Director of Communications Dan Pfeiffer, and Press Secretary Jay Carney in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Tuesday, July 26, 20011
Members of the American Legion's Girls Nation react after meeting President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
Monday, July 25, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with Willie Mays and manager Bruce Bochy in the Blue Room of the White House before an event honoring the 2010 Major League Baseball champion San Francisco Giants. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Friday, July 22, 2011
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen in the Oval Office to discuss the DADT (Don't Ask, Don't Tell) repeal certification. National Security Advisor Tom Donilon and Kathryn Ruemmler, Counsel to the President, also attend the meeting. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Thursday, July 21, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama greets children during her visit to the Naval Air Station Oceana Summer Camp in Virginia Beach, Va. Mrs. Obama toured the camp and later welcomed local military families to a special screening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, as part of the Joining Forces Movie Series. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton)
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama greets guests in the East Room of the White House following an announcement about commitments from major food retailers to provide access to healthy, affordable food to millions of people in underserved communities across the country. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton)
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with Counsel to the President Kathryn Ruemmler in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Monday, July 18, 2011
President Barack Obama meets with Warren Buffett, the Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Friday, July 15, 2011
President Barack Obama, Ruby Bridges, and representatives of the Norman Rockwell Museum view Rockwell's "The Problem We All Live With," hanging in a West Wing hallway near the Oval Office. Bridges is the girl portrayed in the painting. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Thursday, July 14, 2011
President Barack Obama walks around the South Lawn of the White House with Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, while tourists in the background walk along the Ellipse, the National Mall, and the Jefferson Memorial. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Vice President Joe Biden holds a Cabinet-level meeting on the Administration's efforts to address sexual assault and dating violence against high school and college-aged women, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, left, Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius attend. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
President Barack Obama hugs Bertha Petry, the grandmother of Sergeant First Class Leroy Arthur Petry, U.S. Army, in the Blue Room of the White House. The President later awarded SFC Petry, left, the Medal of Honor for his courageous actions during combat operations against an armed enemy in Paktya, Afghanistan, in May 2008. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Monday, July 11, 2011
President Barack Obama is briefed before a phone call with President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
Friday, July 8, 2011
President Barack Obama watches the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on a television monitor in the Outer Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Thursday, July 7, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with members of his staff in the Oval Office following a meeting with the Congressional Leadership. Pictured with the President, from left, are: Chief of Staff Bill Daley; Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs; Bruce Reed, Chief of Staff to the Vice President; National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling; Jason Furman, Principal Deputy Director of the National Economic Council; Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew; Senior Advisor David Plouffe; and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
President Barack Obama tweets a question during the Twitter Town Hall in the East Room of the White House. Twitter co-founder and Executive Chairman Jack Dorsey, who served as the town hall moderator, is pictured at left. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with Press Secretary Jay Carney and Senior Advisor David Plouffe in between meetings in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Friday, July 1, 2011
Members of the President's Own United States Marine Band practice for the Fourth of July celebration on the South Lawn of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, President Barack Obama, and Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates salute as troops parade past the reviewing stand during the Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in honor of Secretary Gates at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
President Barack Obama meets with advisors in the Oval Office. Participating in the meeting, from left, are: Senior Advisor David Plouffe; Director of Communications Dan Pfeiffer; Press Secretary Jay Carney; Deputy Senior Advisor Stephanie Cutter; Jen Psaki, Deputy Director of Communications; Gene Sperling, National Economic Council Director; Jon Favreau, Director of Speechwriting; Jack Lew, Office of Management and Budget Director; Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner; and Chief of Staff Bill Daley. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with patrons during a stop for lunch at Ross' Restaurant in Bettendorf, Iowa. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Monday, June 27, 2011
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are briefed by senior advisors in the Oval Office. Participating in the briefing, from left, are: Senior Advisor David Plouffe, Gene Sperling, National Economic Council Director; Chief of Staff Bill Daley; Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President and Director of Legislative Affairs; and Jack Lew, Office of Management and Budget Director. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Friday, June 24, 2011
President Barack Obama jokes with military personnel along a tarmac ropeline before boarding Air Force One at Pittsburgh International Airport in Pittsburgh, Pa. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Thursday, June 23, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama, along with Marian Robinson and daughters Sasha and Malia, listens to former resident Noor Ebrahim as they visit the District Six Museum in Cape Town, South Africa. Ebrahim described the forced segregation that occurred after 1966 when District 6 was declared a "White Group Area." (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton)
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama addresses the Young African Women Leaders Forum at the Regina Mundi Church in Soweto, South Africa. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton)
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden hold an economic meeting with senior advisors in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Monday, June 20, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with Vice President Joe Biden on the Colonnade of the White House outside the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Friday, June 17, 2011
President Barack Obama awards a Purple Heart to a wounded warrior during a visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama reacts as President Barack Obama soothes a crying baby while they greet guests at the Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with Puerto Rican Senator Alejandro Garcia Padilla during a lunch stop at Kasalta, a local restaurant in the Ocean Park neighborhood of San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Monday, June 13, 2011
Kids climb a rock wall during a Let's Move! South Lawn Series event on the South Lawn of the White House. The series, which invites students from Washington, D.C., area sports leagues and community programs to participate in a variety of physical activities, will last through the summer. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)
Thursday, June 9, 2011
President Barack Obama greets children at a day care facility adjacent to daughter Sasha's school in Bethesda, Md., following her 4th grade closing ceremony. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden head toward the Oval Office Private Dining Room for lunch. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Workers construct a temporary floor in the Rose Garden of the White House, in preparation for the State Dinner for German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Friday, June 3, 2011
President Barack Obama has lunch with Toledo Mayor Michael Bell at Rudy's Hot Dog in Toledo, Ohio. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Joe Paulsen, the Advance Office site lead, holds the curtain for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as they are introduced during the Pritzker Architecture Prize award ceremony at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Vice President Joe Biden is escorted by General Mosca Moschini as he arrives at Quirinale Palace in Rome, Italy, to meet with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and John Bryson in the Ground Floor Corridor of the Residence at the White House. The President nominated Bryson to replace Secretary Locke, who was nominated to serve as Ambassador to China. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Sunday, May 29, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with, from left, Gen. Ray Odierno, U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, and Admiral James "Sandy" Winnefeld, in the Oval Office. The President later nominated Gen. Dempsey to be the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Winnefeld to be Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and Gen. Odierno to be Army Chief of Staff. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Sunday, May 29, 2011
President Barack Obama greets Hugh Hills, 85, in front of his home in Joplin, Mo. Hills hid in a closet during the tornado, which destroyed the second floor and half the first floor of his house. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Saturday, May 28, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with family members who lost loved ones in the Smolensk plane crash, at the Field Cathedral of the Polish Military in Warsaw, Poland. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Friday, May 27, 2011
President Barack Obama walks with Prime Minister Essam Sharaf of Egypt from the Centre International De Deauville to the Villa Le Cercle in Deauville, France. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron before the start of the working G8 dinner at Le Ciro's Barriere Restaurant in Deauville, France. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
President Barack Obama is led through a hall outside of the House of Commons by the Rt Hon John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons, during a tour of Parliament in London, England. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama talk with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in the 1844 Room at Buckingham Palace in London, England. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Monday, May 23, 2011
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet people as they walk along Main Street in Moneygall, Ireland. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Friday, May 20, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel as they walk from the Oval Office to the South Lawn Drive of the White House, following their meetings.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama paints a bench during a Congressional service event at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling Youth Center in Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
President Barack Obama works as his motorcade arrives at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
President Barack Obama meets with King Abdullah of Jordan in the Oval Office.
Monday, May 16, 2011
President Barack Obama listens as Memphis Mayor A.C. Wharton speaks during a meeting with elected officials and families affected by the floods in Memphis, Tenn.
Friday, May 13, 2011
President Barack Obama meets with staff in the Oval Office. Attending the meeting, clockwise from the President, are: Director of Communications Dan Pfeiffer; Deputy Senior Advisor Stephanie Cutter; Jon Favreau, Director of Speechwriting; Jon Lovett, Associate Director of Speechwriting; and Senior Advisor David Plouffe.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
President Barack Obama takes the stage during the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
President Barack Obama meets with staff in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
President Barack Obama tours a cargo inspection facility at the Bridge of the Americas in El Paso, Texas. The President talks with, from left: Ana Hinojosa, El Paso director of Field Operations for Customs and Border Protection; Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano; and Alan Bersin, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Monday, May 9, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama participates in the "Pit Crew Challenge" station during an event with the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition on the South Lawn of the White House. The First Lady visited seven activity stations during the event, which helped promote both the Let's Move! and Joining Forces initiatives. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
Friday, May 6, 2011
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden shake hands with the troops following the President's remarks at Fort Campbell, Ky. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Thursday, May 5, 2011
President Barack Obama and firefighters toast during a lunch at Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9 Firehouse in New York, N.Y. The firehouse, known as the "Pride of Midtown," lost 15 firefighters on 9/11 -- an entire shift and more than any other New York Firehouse. The 15 men killed had 28 children between them. Firefighters from Engine 54 were the first to arrive on the scene for the attempted Times Square bombing last year. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
A participant in the Wounded Warrior Project's Soldier Ride heads to the South Lawn of the White House through the Diplomatic Reception Room before the start of their ride. The President welcomed the group to the White House in advance of their fifth annual ride on Friday and Saturday. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
President Barack Obama speaks with National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling and Energy Secretary Steven Chu following a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Sunday, May 1, 2011
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House. Seated, from left, are: Brigadier General Marshall B. "Brad" Webb, Assistant Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command; Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Standing, from left, are: Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; National Security Advisor Tom Donilon; Chief of Staff Bill Daley; Tony Binken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President; Audrey Tomason Director for Counterterrorism; John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Please note: a classified document seen in this photograph has been obscured. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Friday, April 29, 2011
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama comfort people at Holt Elementary School in Holt, Ala. During their visit, the President and First Lady met with families affected by the tornados.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
President Barack Obama waits in the Blue Room of the White House before announcing personnel changes in the East Room. Standing with the President, from left, are: Vice President Joe Biden, Ambassador Ryan Crocker, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and General David Petraeus.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Marian Robinson walk with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley from Air Force One to Marine One at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Ill.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
President Barack Obama is briefed by Richard Reed, Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Senior Director for Resilience Policy, in the Oval Office, before a phone call with Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe to discuss tornado damage in that state.
Monday, April 25, 2011
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wave to the crowd from the Truman Balcony of the White House during the annual Easter Egg Roll. Daughters Malia and Sasha, Marian Robinson, and Bo, the Obama family dog, joined the President and First Lady on the balcony for the national anthem before participating in the activities on the South Lawn.
Friday, April 22, 2011
President Barack Obama boards Air Force One, reflected in one of its engines at left, at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Calif.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
President Barack Obama jokingly pretends to tape White House Videographer Arun Chaudhary backstage before a town hall meeting at ElectraTherm, Inc. in Reno, Nev.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
President Barack Obama greets a young baby upon his arrival at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Calif.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
President Barack Obama is introduced during a town hall meeting at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va., where he spoke about his vision for reducing the debt and bringing down the deficit. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Monday, April 18, 2011
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama mark the beginning of Passover with a Seder in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Friday, April 15, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with Press Secretary Jay Carney, left, and Senior Advisor David Plouffe, center, before an interview at the InterContinental Hotel Chicago in Chicago, Ill. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Members of the press cover President Barack Obama's meeting with Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, co-chairs of the Fiscal Commission, in the Oval Office. Seated on the couch, from left, are Sen. Simpson, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, and Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
President Barack Obama reviews his fiscal policy speech with advisors in the Oval Office. Pictured, from left, are: Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs; Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner; National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling; Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew; and Director of Speechwriting Jon Favreau. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Tueday, April 12, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama greets CPT. Chris Bradke and his son Aydn in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. The First Lady and Dr. Jill Biden greeted an overflow crowd gathered for the launch of Joining Forces, a national initiative to support and honor America's service members and their families.
Monday, April 11, 2011
President Barack Obama returns to the Oval Office through the Rose Garden after surprising students from Altona Middle School in Longmont, Colo. During his statement Friday night, President Obama mentioned a letter he received from the mother of an Altona student who worried that her son's trip to Washington, D.C., would be canceled if there was a government shutdown.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
President Barack Obama greets surprised tourists at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The President made an unannounced stop to thank people for visiting the memorial a day after he and Congressional leaders agreed on a bill to keep the government open.
Friday, April 8, 2011
President Barack Obama is reflected in a mirror in the Outer Oval Office as talks with Chief of Staff Bill Daley, left, and Vice President Joe Biden in the doorway of the Oval Office.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden talk with Chief of Staff Bill Daley, left, and Senior Advisor David Plouffe in the Oval Office.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden greet participants during a roundtable meeting with military spouses, veterans, and volunteers to discuss the military families initiative, in Dr. Biden's office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew and Rob Nabors, Director of Legislative Affairs, in the Oval Office. The President and Vice President later met with House Republican and Senate Democratic leaders to discuss ongoing budget negotiations.
Monday, April 4, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with advisors in the Oval Office before a phone call with President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon to discuss the situation in Cote d'Ivoire.
Friday, April 1, 2011
President Barack Obama inspects an AT&T all-electric vehicle on display during a tour of the UPS facility in Landover, Md.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
President Barack Obama points to Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew during a meeting with senior advisors in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
President Barack Obama stops by Press Secretary Jay Carney's meeting with James Brady in Carney's West Wing office at the White House. Brady was former President Ronald Reagan's press secretary during the assassination attempt on President Reagan thirty years ago. Brady's wife Sarah, right, and son Scott, center, joined him for the meeting.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Vice President Joe Biden talks with staff during a meeting on the budget in the Vice President's West Wing Office at the White House. Talking with the Vice President, from left, are: Bruce Reed, Chief of Staff to the Vice President; Sudafi Henry, Assistant to the Vice President for Legislative Affairs; and Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative
Affairs.
Monday, March 28, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with Tommy Vietor, Senior Director and National Security Staff Spokesman, left, and Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, in the Outer Oval Office.
Friday, March 25, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., left, and Rep. C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger, D-Md., in the Situation Room of the White House. The President briefed a bipartisan, bicameral group of Members of Congress, many of whom joined via conference call, on the situation in Libya.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with National Security Advisor Tom Donilon in between phone
calls in the Oval Office.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
President Barack Obama confers with National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, right, Chief of Staff Bill Daley, left, and Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, following a conference call on Libya with his national security team, in San Salvador, El Salvador.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama shake hands with children along the ropeline at the arrival ceremony at Comalapa International Airport in San Salvador, El Salvador.
Monday, March 21, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama, President Sebastián Piñera of Chile and his wife Cecilia Morel wave during the welcoming ceremony at La Moneda Palace in Santiago, Chile.
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unday, March 20, 2011
President Barack Obama waves to the people gathered on the street outside the Ciudad de Deus (City of God) favela Community Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and daughters Sasha and Malia are greeted by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota, right, upon their arrival at the Palacio do Alvorada in Brasilia, Brazil.
Friday, March 18, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton following a meeting in the Oval Office.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
President Barack Obama returns to the Oval Office following a statement on the ongoing crisis in Japan, in the Rose Garden of the White House.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama hands a spinach plant to a student during the spring planting of the White House Kitchen Garden on the South Lawn of the White House.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden greet Susannah Flanagan, daughter of Frank Buckles, at Arlington National Cemetery Memorial Chapel in Arlington, Va. Buckles, the last surviving American World War I veteran, passed away on Feb. 27, 2011, at his West Virginia home. He was 110.
Monday, March 14, 2011
President Barack Obama looks back at Education Secretary Arne Duncan during remarks to students and teachers at Kenmore Middle School in Arlington, Va. While at Kenmore, the President visited a classroom and delivered a speech on reforming education to better prepare students to out-educate and out-compete the world in the 21st century economy.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
President Barack Obama is briefed by John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, on the situation in Japan following yesterday's earthquake and its aftermath, in the Oval Office.
Friday, March 11, 2011
President Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate regarding the earthquake in Japan and the tsunami warnings across the Pacific. Listening in the background, from left, are: Assistant Press Secretary Nick Shapiro, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security John Brennan; Richard Reed, National Security Staff Senior Director for Resilience; and Daniel Russel, National Security Staff Director Asian Affairs.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama talk with parents Sirdeaner Walker and Kirk Smalley in the Blue Room of the White House before the start of the Conference on Bullying Prevention.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
President Barack Obama greets William Jawando, Deputy Associate Director of Public Engagement, his wife Michele and their four-month-old daughter Alia in the Oval Office.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
President Barack Obama holds the door while talking to Chief of Staff Bill Daley inside his office in the West Wing of the White House.
Monday, March 7, 2011
President Barack Obama practices passing a football with Prime Minister Julia Gillard of Australia in the Oval Office. Under Australian Football League rules, a player must hold the ball in front of them and punch it with a clenched fist in order to conduct a legal pass to another player.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Chief of Staff Bill Daley and Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett greet Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel in the Outer Oval Office before his meeting with President Barack Obama.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with President Felipe Calderón of Mexico as members of the U.S. and Mexican delegations leave the Oval Office, following an expanded bilateral meeting.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in the doorway from the Outer Oval Office to the Colonnade of the White House. The President met with Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary Clinton later in the Oval Office.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
President Barack Obama passes staff from the White House Military Office as he jogs along the Colonnade of the White House following an event that ran late in the State Dining Room. The departing officers and members of their families were lined up to take departure pictures with the President in Oval Office.
Monday, Feb. 28, 2011
Vice President Joe Biden, seen through a window in the Butlers' Pantry, addresses a bipartisan group of governors in the State Dining Room of the White House.
Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with Democratic Governors in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, to discuss ways Washington and states can work together to grow the economy and create jobs.
Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011
President Barack Obama talks on the phone with British Prime Minister David Cameron in the Oval Office.
Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011
President Barack Obama meets with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and National Security Advisor Tom Donilon in the Oval Office.
Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
President Barack Obama drops by the Youth Engagement Roundtable at the Winning the Future Forum on Small Business at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio.
Friday, Feb. 18, 2011
President Barack Obama talks on the phone with National Security Advisor Tom Donilon about developments in the Middle East, backstage at Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, Ore.
Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with Press Secretary Jay Carney in the Oval Office.
Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011
President Barack Obama meets with members of the Boy Scouts of America in the Oval Office.
Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011
President Barack Obama meets with former President George H. W. Bush in the Oval Office.
Monday, Feb. 14, 2011
President Barack Obama walks along the Colonnade of the White House to the Oval Office.
Friday, Feb. 11, 2011
President Barack Obama reviews his prepared remarks on Egypt at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.
Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011
President Barack Obama edits his remarks before addressing an audience at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Mich. Pictured from left are: NSC Executive Secretary Nate Tibbits, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, and Presidential Speechwriter Cody Keenan.
Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama visits a second grade class at the Burgess-Peterson Academy in Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Obama, who marked the first anniversary of the 'Let's Move!' initiative, praised the school for their efforts to promote healthy living.
Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011
Vice President Joe Biden points out landmarks to Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood as they ride an Amtrak train through Claymont, Del., where the Vice President grew up, on the way to Philadelphia, Pa.
Monday, Feb. 7, 2011
President Barack Obama walks through Lafayette Square with Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Chief of Staff Bill Daley, and National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling after addressing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C.
Friday, Feb. 4, 2011
President Barack Obama holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada in the Oval Office.
Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011
President Barack Obama studies a document held by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper during the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office.
Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011
Vice President Joe Biden talks with Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., after President Barack Obama signed the New START Treaty in the Oval Office. Behind them, the President talks with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif.
Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011
President Barack Obama holds a Cabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House.
Monday, Jan. 31, 2011
President Barack Obama listens during the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office in which he was briefed on the latest events in Egypt. From left are: Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough, the President, National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, and Chief of Staff Bill Daley.
Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011
President Barack Obama is briefed on the events in Egypt during a meeting with his national security team in the Situation Room of the White House.
Friday, Jan. 28, 2011
President Barack Obama talks on the phone with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt in the Oval Office. Vice President Joe Biden listens at left, and the President's National Security team confer in the background
Thursday, January 27, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama talks with a group of soldiers about the post's new nutrition initiative of "Fueling the Soldier" while touring the dining facility at the Fort Jackson, S.C. The First Lady was also briefed by Army leadership on the consequences of childhood obesity, poor childhood nutrition and the lack of physical exercise on military readiness, and toured the post's new "Soldier Athlete" initiative.
Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011
President Barack Obama watches as an operator demonstrates the final stage of light fixture assembly during a tour of Orion Energy Systems, Inc in Manitowoc, Wisc.
Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011
A Member of Congress wearing a ribbon in support of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., reads along as President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Monday, Jan. 24, 2011
President Barack Obama works on his State of the Union Speech with Director of Speechwriting Jon Favreau in the Oval Office.
Friday, Jan. 21, 2011
President Barack Obama looks inside a hydrogen cooled generator while touring the General Electric plant in Schenectady, N.Y., with GE CEO Jeff Immelt and Plant Manager Kevin Sharkey, right.
Thursday, Jan. 20, 2010
First Lady Michelle Obama surprises visitors on a public tour in the Blue Room of the White House.
Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011
President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao of China wave to children attending the ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House.
Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011
President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao of China begin their working dinner in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House.
Monday, Jan. 17, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama and daughter Malia paint during a service project in the cafeteria of Stuart Hobson Middle School in Washington, D.C.
Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011, 2010
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and daughters Sasha and Malia (hidden behind other parishioners) sing during church services at Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., Sunday.
Friday, Jan. 14, 2011
President Barack Obama, along with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, former President Bill Clinton, and Richard Holbrooke's wife Kati Marton, watch from backstage as a slide show of pictures are displayed during a funeral service for Holbrooke at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communication, and Director of Speechwriting Jon Favreau, in the Outer Oval Office.
Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011
Vice President Joe Biden awards a Bronze Star to Staff Sgt. Workman at Forward Operating Base Airborne in Wardak Province, Afghanistan.
Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011
President Barack Obama talks on the phone with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia during a call in the Oval Office. John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, is at right.
Monday, Jan. 10, 2011
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walk back to the Residence after joining White House staff on the South Lawn of the White House to observe a moment of silence for the victims of the Arizona shootings.
Friday, Jan. 7, 2011
President Barack Obama speaks about the economy following a tour of Thompson Creek Manufacturing, which makes custom replacement windows in Landover, Md. On stage with the President are the newest members of his economic team, from left: Jason Furman, Principal Deputy Director of the National Economic Council; Katharine Abraham, nominee for member, Council of Economic Advisers; Gene Sperling, National Economic Council Director; and Heather Higginbottom, nominee for Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget.
Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011
President Barack Obama waits in the Green Room of the White House with interim Chief of Staff Pete Rouse, right, and William Daley before the announcement that he was naming Daley as his new Chief of Staff.
Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011
President Barack Obama talks with Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office while National Security Advisor Tom Donilon and Counsel to the President Bob Bauer confer in the Outer Oval Office.
Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011
With pen in hand, President Barack Obama sits at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office as Staff Secretary Lisa Brown organizes a stack of 35 bills for him to sign into law.
Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, along with daughters Sasha and Malia, sing during services at St. Michael's Chapel at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kailua, Hawaii.
Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet service men and women, along with their families, during Christmas dinner in the mess at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kailua, Hawaii.
Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010
President Barack Obama shares a toast in the Oval Office with the members of his National Security Staff who worked on the New START nuclear arms control agreement.
Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010
President Barack Obama talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron during a phone call in the Oval Office.
Monday, Dec. 20, 2010
President Barack Obama talks with Sen. Chris Dodd and other guests before signing the "CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010," (Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act) in the Oval Office.
Friday, Dec. 17, 2010
President Barack Obama high-fives a girl named Malia after reading "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" to the second graders in the library of Long Branch Elementary School in Arlington, Va.
Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010
Members of the media are silhouetted against the blue curtain as President Barack Obama speaks at the White House Tribal Nations Conference at the U.S. Department of Interior in Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010
Bo, the Obama family dog, sits behind President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, as the President delivers remarks during a holiday reception in the Grand Foyer of the White House.
Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010
President Barack Obama whistles as he walks along the Colonnade of the White House following a holiday reception.
Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
First Lady Michelle Obama greets guests during a Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill reception in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House.
Friday, Dec. 10, 2010
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama descend the Grand Staircase as they make their way to a holiday reception on the State Floor of the White House.
Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010
President Barack Obama, with mother-in-law Marian Robinson, daughters Sasha and Malia, and First Lady Michelle Obama, react as they push the button to light the National Christmas Tree during a ceremony on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Attorney General Eric Holder talk before a meeting with members of the Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House.
Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010
President Barack Obama waits in the Lower Press Office of the White House before the start of his press conference.
Monday, Dec. 6, 2010
President Barack Obama jogs across the tarmac to shakes hands with people gathered to watch his arrival on Air Force One at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, N.C.
Friday, Dec. 3, 2010
President Barack Obama visits with a platoon of U.S. troops at Bagram Air Field that recently lost six members in Afghanistan.
Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010
President Barack Obama is reflected in a mirror as he meets with newly-elected governors at Blair House.
Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010
First Lady Michelle Obama and White House Pastry Chef Bill Yosses laugh as young visitor tastes her decorated cookie during a holiday craft demonstration with the children of military personnel in the State Dining Room of the White House.
Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010
President Barack Obama talks with Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., at the conclusion of a meeting with bipartisan Congressional leadership in the Oval Office Private Dining Room. Listening at right are: Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.; and Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.
Monday, Nov. 29, 2010
Bo, the Obama family dog, is greeted by several of the President's Active Lifestyle Award (PALA) achievers in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House.
Friday, Nov. 26, 2010
First Lady Michelle Obama, with daughters Sasha and Malia, welcome the arrival of the official White House Christmas tree at the North Portico of the White House. Standing with them are Chris and Brandi Botek of the Crystal Spring Tree Farm in Leighton, Pa., where the 18 1/2-foot Douglas fir was cut.
Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010
President Barack Obama makes phone calls from the Oval Office to members of the U.S. military on Thanksgiving Day.
Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010
President Barack Obama talks with daughters Sasha and Malia in the Oval Office before pardoning a turkey named Apple in the Rose Garden.
Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010
President Barack Obama is briefed on the situation on the Korean peninsula in the White House Situation Room.
Monday, Nov. 22, 2010
First Lady Michelle Obama joins students for a Let's Move! Salad Bars to Schools launch event at Riverside Elementary School in Miami, Fla.
Friday, Nov. 19, 2010
President Barack Obama departs Belem National Palace in Lisbon after meeting with President Cavaco Silva of Portugal, right.
Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010
President Barack Obama attends a START Treaty meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010
President Barack Obama wishes Vice President Joe Biden an early happy birthday after he was presented with a cake during their lunch in the Private Dining Room. The Vice President's birthday is Saturday.
Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta and his wife Jennifer Mueller in the Oval Office. Later, the President presented the Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Giunta for his courageous actions during combat operations against an armed enemy in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, in October 2007.
Monday, Nov. 15, 2010
President Barack Obama holds a meeting on the economy with his advisors in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010
President Barack Obama eats green tea ice cream during his visit to the Great Buddha of Kamakura at the Kotoku-in Temple in Kamakura, Japan.
Friday, Nov. 12, 2010
President Barack Obama talks with Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan after the third morning plenary session during the G-20 Summit at the COEX Center in Seoul, South Korea.
Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010
First Lady Michelle Obama leans over the trays to talk with a little girl as she helps serve food to U.S. airmen and their families at Ramstein Air Base in Ramstein, Germany.
Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama visit the main prayer hall during a tour of the Istiqlal Mosque with Grand Imam Ali Mustafa Yaqub in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010
President Barack Obama waits for the start of a press conference at the Istana Merdeka State Palace Complex in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Monday, Nov. 8, 2010
President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh talk during the State Dinner at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the presidential palace, in New Dehli, India.
Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010
President Barack Obama watches as First Lady Michelle Obama dances with students during a Diwali candle lighting and performance at Holy Name HIgh School in Mumbai, India.
Friday, Nov. 5, 2010
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, en route for a nine-day trip to Asia, Nov. 5, 2010.
Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010
President Barack Obama talks with Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner at the conclusion of a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House.
Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010
President Barack talks with Vice President Joe Biden in the Outer Oval Office.
Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010
President Barack Obama talks with President Ali Abdallah Saleh of Yemen during a phone call in the Oval Office. John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, stands at right.
Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hand out Halloween treats to children on the North Portico of the White House.
Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010
President Barack Obama with customers at the Famous 4th Street Deli in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Friday, Oct. 29, 2010
President Barack Obama, with Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communication, and John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, right, works on his statement in the Outer Oval Office before speaking to the media about the suspicious packages found on cargo planes bound for the United States.
Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010
President Barack Obama meets in the Oval Office with some of the Americans involved in the Chilean mine rescue, October 28, 2010.
Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010
On the Card
President Barack Obama holds a note from Personal Secretary Katie Johnson during the Economic Presidential Daily Briefing, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010
Clooney in the House
President Obama speaks with actor George Clooney about the situation in Sudan at the White House on October 12. The White House released this photo a week after the meeting took place.
Monday, Oct. 25, 2010
Fan Base
A woman wearing an Obama shirt listens as the President speaks in support of gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton at a campaign rally in Minneapolis.
Friday, Oct. 22, 2010
Oh Say Can You See
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Dr. Jill Biden stand for the National Anthem before Game 1 of the Major League Baseball NLCS playoff series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the San Francisco Giants in Philadelphia, Pa.
Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010
Harvest
Chef Daniel Boulud joins First Lady Michelle Obama and Washington-area school children to gather vegetables in the White House Kitchen garden.
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010
Jump Up and Get Down
First Lady Michelle Obama watches a dancer from Transforming the Lives of High Risk Youth: Training in the Arts & Culture of the African Diaspora Artists Collective, Inc perform at an event honouring the winners of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities Youth Program Awards October 20, 2010 in the East Room of the White House.
Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010
Travelin' Band
The University of Texas Mariachi band performs in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010, after President Barack Obama signed the Executive Order on the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics in the East Room.
Monday, Oct. 18, 2010
Head of State
U.S. President Barack Obama tours the students science fair projects exhibits at the White House.
Friday, Oct. 15, 2010
TRL Presidential Edition
President Barack Obama stands with MTV's Sway Calloway at a youth town hall event broadcast live on BET, CMT and MTV.
Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010
Dusk
President Obama boards Air Force One at Miami International Airport in Miami, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. Obama attended a fundraiser at the home of retired Miami Heat basketball player Alonzo Mourning.
Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010
Diplomatic Missionary
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flanked by Bishop Teodosije (2ndR) tours the medieval Gracanica Serb Orthodox monastery, an important religious site, during her visit to Pristina on October 13, 2010. Clinton pressed Kosovo leaders to start talks with Serbia as soon as possible despite a political crisis over the president's recent resignation.
Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010
After Party
City worker Anthony Fullard cleans up after a rally in Philadelphia, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. The gathering, featuring President Obama, was held to generate Democratic enthusiasm before crucial congressional elections.
Monday, Oct. 11, 2010
Special Guest
President Barack Obama surprises Anthony Black, one of the children featured in the documentry film Waiting for Superman with a tour of the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C.
Friday, Oct. 08, 2010
On the Pitch
Local children talke part in a soccer clinic on the South Lawn of the White House. The clinic was part of US First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move!" fitness and health initiatve for kids.
Thursday, Oct. 07, 2010
Clever Marketing
Enterprising residents of Cresskill, N.J. set up this lemonade stand near the house where President Barack Obama attended a fundraiser in their town.
Wednesday, Oct. 06, 2010
Highest Honor
The Medal of Honor is presented to the family of Army Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller at the White House. Staff Sergeant Miller was presented with the medal posthumously for his heroic actions to save the lives of his fellow soldiers and 15 Afghan National Army soldiers in Afghanistan on January, 2008.
Tuesday, Oct. 05, 2010
Lesson Plan
President Barack Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, are reflected in a monitor at the Community College Summit in the East Room at the White House. Obama said he wants to graduate 5 million additional students to graduate from community colleges over the next 10 years.
Monday, Oct. 04, 2010
First Day
President Obama talks with Justice Elena Kagan and Chief Justice John Roberts after Kagan's Investiture Ceremony at the Supreme Court.
Friday, Oct. 01, 2010
Tearjerker
President Barack Obama, left, and newly named interim White House Chief of Staff Pete Rouse, second from left, applaud outgoing Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel as he wipes away tears in the East Room at the White House in Washington D.C.
Thursday, Sep. 30, 2010
Garden Party
President Barack Obama speaks with neighborhood families in the backyard of the Clubb family home in Des Moines, Iowa.
Wednesday, Sep. 29, 2010
Rallying the Base
President Barack Obama attends a Democratic National Committee rally at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin.
Tuesday, Sep. 28, 2010
Stepping Up
President Obama steps over a row of potted ferns as he meets members of the audience after signing the Small Business Jobs Act at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House.
Monday, Sep. 27, 2010
Down on the Farm
First Lady Michelle Obama (fourth from right) and first ladies from around the world tour a herb garden at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in Pocantico Hills, New York.
Friday, Sep. 24, 2010
Steepled
President Barack Obama's hands are seen during his meeting with China's Premier Wen Jiabao at the United Nations in New York City.
Thursday, Sep. 23, 2010
Center Stage
President Barack Obama addresses the 65th session of the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York City. Obama used his address to seek international support for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2010
Backyard Politics
President Barack Obama greets guests at a town hall meeting in the yard of a Falls Church, Virginia residence.
Tuesday, Sep. 21, 2010
Holding Food Court
President Obama makes an unannounced visit to the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia for a cheesesteak sandwich and mint chocolate chip ice cream.
Monday, Sep. 20, 2010
Outlook
President Barack Obama waits in the Blue Room before his news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington D.C.
Friday, Sep. 17, 2010
Call of Duty
A Marine stands in the rain as he waits for the arrival of President Barack Obama on the tarmac at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City.
Thursday, Sep. 16, 2010
Off the Wall
A Secret Service agent provides stands guard as President Obama speaks at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's 33rd Annual Awards Gala at the Washington Convention Center.
Wednesday, Sep. 15, 2010
Shalom!
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reaches to greet Israeli President Shimon Peres, as she arrives at the presidential residence in Jerusalem.
Tuesday, Sep. 14, 2010
Pointed
U.S. President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks about the economy at the Cuyahoga Community College West Campus in Parma, Ohio.
Monday, Sep. 13, 2010
Off The Wall
President Barack Obama's shadow is seen after he walked down the steps toward the Grand Foyer where he delivered remarks at the Historically Black Colleges and Universities reception in the White House.
Friday, Sep. 10, 2010
Live for TV
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel listens to President Obama answer questions during a news conference in the East Room of the White House. With the announcement by Richard Daley that he will not run for re-election as mayor of Chicago, many eyes have turned to Emmanuel, who has, in the past expressed interest in running for the job.
Thursday, Sep. 09, 2010
Presidential Peck
President Barack Obama kisses First Lady Michele Obama after her plane landed at Andrews Air Force Base.
Wednesday, Sep. 08, 2010
Wrapped in Flags
First lady Michelle Obama plays football with children, former NFL players and coaches during her "Let's Move" campaign to fight childhood obesity in New Orleans, September 8, 2010.
Tuesday, Sep. 07, 2010
Landing
President Barack Obama returns to the White House after spending the weekend at the Camp David presidential retreat.
Friday, Sep. 03, 2010
Biden in Iraq
Vice-President Joe Biden, center, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, left, Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen share a laugh prior to the U.S. Forces-Iraq change of command ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq.
Thursday, Sep. 02, 2010
Hand in Hand
President Barack Obama, top right, walks in the White House with the four leaders taking part in the Middle East peace talks: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, top center, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, bottom right, Jordan's King Abdullah II, bottom left, and Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak.
Wednesday, Sep. 01, 2010
An End to Combat
President Barack Obama, photographed from the Rose Garden, delivers a primetime televised address from the Oval Office of the White House to mark the the end of the combat mission in Iraq.
Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010
Commander in Chief
U.S. President Barack Obama thanks U.S. Army troops at Fort Bliss, Texas for their service. He will address the nation from the Oval Office later in the day about the combat troop withdrawal from Iraq.
Monday, Aug. 30, 2010
In the Crescent City
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama visit Columbia Parc Housing complex in New Orleans on August 29, 2010. Obama arrived in still-struggling city to join residents marking the fifth anniversary of the flood that inundated the famous jazz capital in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Friday, Aug. 27, 2010
Rubber Meets Road
US President Barack Obama smiles as he looks at the remote cameras set up by the press pool photographers as he rides his bicycle followed by his daughter Malia in West Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010
Police Tape
A crowd waits to get a glimpse of President Obama and the First Lady Michelle in Oak Bluffs, Mass., while the first family vacations on Martha's Vineyard.
Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010
The Lunch Crowd
President Barack Obama greets a crowd after having lunch at Nancy's restaurant in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010
Survey
Secret Service Agents keep an eye on things as President Obama golfs at the Vineyard Golf Club during his vacation on Martha's Vineyard.
Monday, Aug. 23, 2010
Friend or Foe?
Painted rubbish bin lids adorn the fence of a home on Martha's Vineyard, where President Obama and his family are vacationing.
Friday, Aug. 20, 2010
The Face of Change
Slippers bearing the image of President Barack Obama are displayed in a shoe shop in Mumbai, India.
Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
Cloudy Skies
Air Force one departs Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.
Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010
Teeing Off
President Obama and First Lady Michelle watch their daughter Sasha putt during a round of mini golf in Panama City Beach, Florida.
Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
Executive Decision
President Barack Obama prepares to order at the Grand Central Bakery in Seattle, Washington before holding a roundtable discussion with small business owners.
Monday, Aug. 16, 2010
Now Bo-arding
Bo, the First Dog, climbs the back stairs of Air Force One at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida as President Barack Obama and the first family return to Washington D.C. from a weekend in Panama City Beach on the Gulf coast.
Friday, Aug. 13, 2010
What's the Situation?
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with the national security team on Iraq in the Situation Room of the White House.
Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010
When the Saints Come Marching
The President's Marine Band plays jazz music in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington D.C. as President Barack Obama honored the 2009 NFL Super Bowl Football Champions, the New Orleans Saints, in the East Room.
Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010
Busted
Giant cement busts of US Presidents Barack Obama, left, Bill Clinton, center, and Ronald Reagan, back right, are positioned in the Black Hills woods at the abandoned President's Park near Lead, South Dakota. The park featured 20-foot busts of all forty-four U.S. Presidents, but has since been closed.
Monday, Aug. 09, 2010
Taste of the Gulf
New Orleans Saints football team tackle Zach Strief serves Gulf shrimp and andouille sausage skewers in the briefing room of the White House after President Obama honored the team, the 2009 NFL Super Bowl Football Champions. At left is White House assistant chef Sam Kass.
Friday, Aug. 06, 2010
Photo Ops
Ford Motor Company workers take pictures of President Obama at the Chicago Assembly Plant.
Thursday, Aug. 05, 2010
VIP
First dog Bo climbs the stairs of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base.
Wednesday, Aug. 04, 2010
Hands Up
President Barack Obama takes questions from the audience during a meeting with civil society leaders from more than 40 African countries at the White House.
Tuesday, Aug. 03, 2010
Fun with Marine One
White House guests are blown by winds generated by the President's helicopter as it lifts off from the South Lawn at the White House.
Monday, Aug. 02, 2010
Comes With the Job
U.S. President Barack Obama holds up a baby as he greet delegates after his speech at the National Convention of Disabled American Veterans in Atlanta, Georgia.
Friday, Jul. 30, 2010
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Obama's signature sits on the hood of the 2011 Grand Cherokee at the Chrysler Auto Plant in Detroit, Michigan.
Thursday, Jul. 29, 2010
On the Couch
President Obama appears on the daytime TV talk show The View hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd and Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
Wednesday, Jul. 28, 2010
Have Podium, Will Travel
The President speaks about the economy after meeting with small business owners at the Tastee Sub Shop in Edison, N.J.
Tuesday, Jul. 27, 2010
Fly Guys
President Obama greets crew members from the Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station in the Oval Office.
Monday, Jul. 26, 2010
In Step
In a photo released by the White House last week, President Obama and First Lady Michelle pretend to march to music in the Blue Room during an Independence Day celebration at the White House.
Friday, Jul. 23, 2010
Leveled
The seal of the President is adjusted before the signing of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act in a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House.
Thursday, Jul. 22, 2010
First Row Seat
First Lady Michelle Obama applauds during a dress rehearsal of 20 dance students from Duke Ellington School of the Arts and the Joy of Motion Dance Center in the East Room of the White House.
Wednesday, Jul. 21, 2010
Hot Day in the Garden
President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron walk through the White House garden.
Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2010
A.M. Talk
British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, hosts a breakfast meeting with Vice President Joe Biden at the British Embassy.
Monday, Jul. 19, 2010
Out for a Hike
Acadia National Park Superintendent Sheridan Steele leads the First Family on a visit to Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park in Maine.
Friday, Jul. 16, 2010
Sealed
U.S. Marine closes the door to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House.
Thursday, Jul. 15, 2010
Getting to the Point
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, center, delivers remarks on the Recovery Act with Council of Economic Advisors Chair Christina Romer, right, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC.
Wednesday, Jul. 14, 2010
Closing
Words scroll across a teleprompter as President Barack Obama speaks at an event at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Tuesday, Jul. 13, 2010
Running Errands
President Barack Obama exits from Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House. The President was returning from an overnight trip where he attended fundraisers for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and US Senate candidate Robin Carnahan.
Monday, Jul. 12, 2010
Walking the Walk
President Barack Obama walks towards the Oval Office after returning from visits to Kansas City, Missouri and Las Vegas, Nevada.
Friday, Jul. 09, 2010
First Entourage
President Barack Obama (2nd L) walks with his entourage toward Smith Electric Vehicles upon his arrival in Kansas City, Missouri on July 8, 2010.
Thursday, Jul. 08, 2010
Fresh Bouquets
First Lady Michelle Obama has tea with Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House, July 6, 2010.
Wednesday, Jul. 07, 2010
Summer Floral
Michelle Obama speaks to employees and guests of the Treasury Department to thank them for their public service.
Tuesday, Jul. 06, 2010
About face
President Obama walks back to the Oval Office after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.
Friday, Jul. 02, 2010
Honor Guards
The flag-draped coffin of the late Senator Robert Byrd is carried through the reception room and into the Senate chamber of the U. S. Capitol building in Washington D.C.
Thursday, Jul. 01, 2010
Bleu
President Barack Obama is seen through a viewfinder as he pauses during a speech on immigration reform at American University.
Wednesday, Jun. 30, 2010
A High Definition
A monitor displays Supreme Court Justice nominee Elena Kagan responding to a question on the second day of her confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill.
Tuesday, Jun. 29, 2010
General Hydration
U.S. General David Petraeus raises his water glass, a reference to his recent fainting at a hearing, as he prepares to testify at his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill to become commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
Monday, Jun. 28, 2010
Supporter in Chief
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has a word with President Barack Obama as he watches the World Cup soccer match between the U.S. and Ghana between bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the G20 summit.
Friday, Jun. 25, 2010
Fans
Justice Department employees take pictures of first lady Michelle Obama and Attorney Gen. Eric Holder during Mrs. Obama's visit to the Justice Department in Washington.
Thursday, Jun. 24, 2010
Presidential Lunch
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and U.S. President Barack Obama have burgers for lunch at Ray's Hell Burger in Arlington, Virginia.
Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2010
Changing of the Guard
President Barack Obama, followed by Gen. David Petraeus and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, arrive at the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington D.C. to announce that Gen. Petraeus would replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal.
Tuesday, Jun. 22, 2010
Rear View
President Obama speaks about the new patient bill of rights and the health care reform act in the East Room of the White House.
Monday, Jun. 21, 2010
Duck and Cover
A U.S. Marine leans into the rotor wash as President Barack Obama, aboard Marine One, prepares to take-off from Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
Friday, Jun. 18, 2010
Tete-a-Tete
BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg meets with President Obama in the Oval Office.
Thursday, Jun. 17, 2010
Called
BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward (C) arrives before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee for a hearing on the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill June 17, 2010 in Washington, DC. BP agreed yesterday to place $20 billion into an escrow account managed by a third party to pay out claims resulting from the oil spill and also said it will not pay out additional dividends to shareholders for the remainder of the year.
Wednesday, Jun. 16, 2010
Red Banner
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Latvia's Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis speak with the media after a bilateral meeting at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, June 15, 2010.
Tuesday, Jun. 15, 2010
Cherry on Top
President Barack Obama drinks a "Bushwacker" drink traditionally made with dark rum, coconut cream, creme de cacao, half and half, coffee liqueur, as he makes an unannounced visit to Tacky Jack's, a restaurant, in Orange Beach, Ala., as he visits the Gulf Coast region affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Monday, Jun. 14, 2010
Soccer Dad
President Barack Obama, center, stands on the sidelines of the soccer field behind Rudolph Elementary School in Washington D.C. to watch his daughter Malia play soccer.
Friday, Jun. 11, 2010
Thinker
White House Senior adviser Valerie Jarrett listens as President Barack Obama delivers a statement on his small business jobs initiatives.
Thursday, Jun. 10, 2010
Leading the Way
U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walk with First Dog Bo to the Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House.
Wednesday, Jun. 09, 2010
White Smoke House
Chef Jason Stoller Smith smokes salmon over a fire pit on the South Lawn of the White House for President Barack Obama's congressional picnic.
Tuesday, Jun. 08, 2010
Left of Center
President Barack Obama straightens a painting in the Oval Office.
Friday, Jun. 04, 2010
Crowd Pleaser
U.S. President Barack Obama greets residents during his visit to Grand Isle, Louisiana. Obama travelled to the Louisiana gulf coast to further assess damage from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Friday, Jun. 04, 2010
Follow Up
A reporter raises his hand to ask a question as U.S. Army Gen. Ray Odierno, Commander of U.S. Forces in Iraq, delivers an operational update on the state of affairs in Iraq at the Pentagon.
Thursday, Jun. 03, 2010
Hair-borne
A Secret Service agent fights with the wind caused by a Marine One take-off.
Wednesday, Jun. 02, 2010
Limbering Up
Junior rangers Isabella Davis and Paige Owens (L), and first lady Michelle Obama and Sen. Harry Reid participate in a mountain stretch during an event to help launch Obama's Let's Move Outside! initiative to promote more outdoor activity for children, June 1, 2010, in Las Vegas.
Tuesday, Jun. 01, 2010
Pucker Up
President Barack Obama gives his First Lady a kiss in the Map Room of the White House.
Monday, May. 31, 2010
Tryin' to Find the Sun
President Barack Obama walks off stage in the rain after urging the crowd to go to their cars, Monday, June 31, 2010, during a Memorial Day ceremony at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Ill., Monday, May 31, 2010.
Friday, May. 28, 2010
The Price of Oil
President Barack Obama, left, tours the beach at Port Fourchon, Louisiana with Admiral Thad Allen, right, and Parish President Charlotte Randolph to survey the damage caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Thursday, May. 27, 2010
For All to See
President Barack Obama answers questions during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 27, 2010.
Wednesday, May. 26, 2010
Beefcake
Vice President Joe Biden gestures as cooking show host Sunny Anderson, right, is acknowledged at a barbeque for wounded service members and their families at the Vice President's residence in Washington.
Tuesday, May. 25, 2010
Sprint
First lady Michelle Obama runs across the White House South Lawn during an event to promote physical activity.
Monday, May. 24, 2010
On the Roof
A security official stands look-out as President Barack Obama attends a graduation and commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, on Saturday, May 22, 2010.
Friday, May. 21, 2010
Playback
Members of the Mexican press hold audio recording devices against a speaker during a news conference with President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon in the Rose Garden at the White House.
Thursday, May. 20, 2010
On the Hill
Mexican President Felipe Calderon reaches out to greet Congressional pages before his address to a joint meeting of Congress.
Thursday, May. 20, 2010
Mood Lighting
A staff member sets a table in a tent on the South Lawn of the White House before a state dinner with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and his wife Margarita Zavala.
Wednesday, May. 19, 2010
Fun and Games
First Lady Michelle Obama and Mexican First Lady Margarita Zavala take part in gym class activities as they visit New Hampshire Elementary School in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Tuesday, May. 18, 2010
Lid Off
U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen's hat is stowed underneath a chair before he testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty treaty on Capitol Hill.
Monday, May. 17, 2010
Hitting Their Mark
President Barack Obama looks down the shooting range through binoculars as he tours the Secret Service's James J. Rowley Training Center in Beltsville, Maryland.
Friday, May. 14, 2010
Monitoring Relations
British Foreign Minister William Hague and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hold a news conference at the State Department in Washington, DC. Foreign Minister Hague is in D.C. representing England's new Liberal Democrat-Conservative coalition government.
Thursday, May. 13, 2010
Timepiece
During a visit by President Obama, a worker at Industrial Support Inc., in Buffalo, NY, wears a watch with his image on it.
Wednesday, May. 12, 2010
Greetings
President Barak Obama shakes hands with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a joint press conference at the White House in Washington, DC, May 12, 2010.
Tuesday, May. 11, 2010
Standup Guys
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Ranking Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee Jeff Sessions do television interviews about the nomination of Elena Kagan to be on the US Supreme Court.
Monday, May. 10, 2010
Chosen
President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee General Elena Kagan is reflected in a mirror during an event announcing her nomination in the East Room of the White House.
Friday, May. 07, 2010
In Step
President Barack Obama walks with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis after speaking on monthly jobs numbers on the South Driveway at the White House. Obama said new figures showing the US economy created 290,000 jobs in April were "very encouraging news."
Thursday, May. 06, 2010
Viva Mexico!
Mexican dancers gather along the Colonnade of the White House during a Cinco de Mayo celebration.
Wednesday, May. 05, 2010
Presidential Line-up
Pens are arranged in an array for U.S. President Barack Obama to sign the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act at the White House.
Tuesday, May. 04, 2010
Bling, Bling
President Barack Obama receives the Naval Academy victory ring at the Commander in Chief Trophy Presentation in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 3, 2010.
Monday, May. 03, 2010
Tagged
Samuel Sutton Jr., personal valet to President Barack Obama, carries luggage off Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base.
Friday, Apr. 30, 2010
Artistic Inspiration
First lady Michelle Obama paints a mural featuring butterflies as she performs a public service event with the spouses of Congressional leaders at the Marie Reed learning center in Washington, April 29, 2010.
Thursday, Apr. 29, 2010
Loss
President Barack Obama wipes away a tear as he sits next to First Lady Michelle Obama at the funeral service for Dr. Dorothy Height at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC, April 29, 2010. Height, who led the National Council for Negro Women for four decades, and was present at the key battles for racial equality since the 1930s, died at age 98 after a lifetime devoted to the fight for equality.
Wednesday, Apr. 28, 2010
Greenhouse
President Barack Obama visits Mogoorganic farm in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, on April 27, 2010 on a stop of the White House to Main Street tour.
Tuesday, Apr. 27, 2010
Tested Metal
President Barack Obama tours the Siemens Energy Inc. facility in Fort Madison, Iowa.
Monday, Apr. 26, 2010
A Time for Sorrow
President Barack Obama gives the eulogy at a memorial service for the fallen miners from Upper Big Branch Mine held at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center on Sunday.
Friday, Apr. 23, 2010
Short Leash
The Obama family dog, Bo, waits in the Cross Hall before arriving at an event welcoming children of White House employees on "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day."
Thursday, Apr. 22, 2010
Fuselage
President Barack Obama is reflected on the Air Force One as he boards the plane.
Wednesday, Apr. 21, 2010
On The Fence
Petty Officer Autumn Sandeen, left, Lt. Dan Choi, Cpl. Evelyn Thomas, Capt. Jim Pietrangelo II, Cadet Mara Boyd and Petty Officer Larry Whitt, handcuffed themselves to the fence outside the White House during a protest for gay-rights in Washington, Tuesday, April, 2010. The group demand that President Obama keep his promise to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Tuesday, Apr. 20, 2010
Blue Velvet
President Barack Obama leaves after speaking at the White House Conference on America's Great Outdoors at the Interior Department in Washington.
Monday, Apr. 19, 2010
Soccer Dad
President Obama walks his daughter Malia to a soccer game in Washington.
Friday, Apr. 16, 2010
Peek-a-boo
A secret service agent peeks through a fence as U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, third from left, visits the New Roots Community Farm in San Diego, California.
Thursday, Apr. 15, 2010
All Aboard
President Obama salutes as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base en route to Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Wednesday, Apr. 14, 2010
Mood Indicator
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner arrives for a news briefing at the White House after a bipartisan meeting between President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders on the economy, jobs and proposed financial reform legislation.
Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2010
On the Ground
First Lady Michelle Obama, right, stands with Haiti's President Rene Preval, center, and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, left, at the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Monday, Apr. 12, 2010
The Brass
U.S. Air Force personnel await the arrival of Felipe Calderon, President of Mexico, and his delegation on April 12, 2010 at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Leaders from around the world are meeting in Washington this week for a two-day nuclear security summit convened by President Obama.
Friday, Apr. 09, 2010
Nobody Beats the Whiz
Vice President Joe Biden, left and Representative Bob Brady, D-Pa., foreground, eat cheesesteaks at Pat's King of Steaks in Philadelphia, Pa.
Thursday, Apr. 08, 2010
Bottoms Up
President Barack Obama, along with with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus toast at the Prague Castle after signing an nuclear arms control agreement.
Wednesday, Apr. 07, 2010
Blackout
A power outage on Capitol Hill plunges the Rayburn House Office Building into darkness as former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan testifies before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission.
Tuesday, Apr. 06, 2010
Posturing
From left: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Admiral Mike Mullen, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Energy Secretary Steven Chu hold a press conference about the new Nuclear Posture Review at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.
Monday, Apr. 05, 2010
Southpaw-in-Chief
The President enjoys a laugh before throwing out the first pitch on opening day of the Washington Nationals' season.
Friday, Apr. 02, 2010
Through The Glass
President watches workers throughat Celgard Inc., an advanced battery technology manufacturer in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Thursday, Apr. 01, 2010
Green Thumb
First Lady Michelle Obama holds a spring garden planting event with students from Bancroft and Hollin Meadows Elementary Schools on the South Grounds of the White House.
Wednesday, Mar. 31, 2010
Presidential Hustle
President Barack Obama arrives to talk about energy security at Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility Washington in Prince George's County, Maryland.
Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2010
Big Hand
Rep. John Conyers, Jr., right, with Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn, and Sec. of the Interior, Ken Salazar, applaud as President Barack Obama speaks before signing the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria Tuesday, March 30, 2010.
Monday, Mar. 29, 2010
Political Machine
A car emblazoned with a portrait of John McCain is parked at a campaign rally for Senator John McCain (R-AZ) at the Pima County Fairgrounds in Tucson, Arizona.
Friday, Mar. 26, 2010
Reaching Accord
President Barack Obama talks with President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia following the G-20 Summit Leaders working dinner at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Thursday, Mar. 25, 2010
A Stitch in Time
President Barack Obama's name is seen stitched inside of his suit jacket as he removes his coat before delivering remarks on health insurance reform at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa.
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