Capitol Hill

Obama's First 100 Days

President Barack Obama approaches the media to make a statement on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, after meeting with lawmakers at the Capitol. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)

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Welcome Home Bo This photo provided by the White House shows President Barack Obama welcoming the family's new puppy Bo, at the White House. March 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Pete Souza, White House)
Diplomatic Recep... President Barack Obama exits after making comments on higher education in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
President Barack... President Barack Obama tosses a football to his aide Reggie Love, not pictured, which was given to him as a gift by the 2008 NCAA Football Champions Florida Gators, rear,in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Georgia 300 President-elect Barack Obama's room is labeled on the Georgia 300, a private rail car owned by John "Jack" Heard, from Fernandina Beach Fla., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, at the rail yard in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Dinner in Maryla... President-elect Barack Obama arrives at a private residence for a dinner in Chevy Chase, Md., Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Secret Service Secret Service agents stand watch over the private residence where President-elect Barack Obama, not pictured, is having dinner in Chevy Chase, Md., Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Golf in Hawaii President-elect Barack Obama asks members of the public sitting on a wall to silence their cheers for him as his golf partners play the 18th hole at a private course in Kailua, Hawaii Monday, Dec. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
President and Pr... President Bush walks into the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 10, 2008, with President-elect Obama for a private meeting. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Secret Service A U.S. Secret Service Counter Assault Team member has his assault weapon at the ready while sitting in the rear of a motorcade SUV as they escort President-elect Barack Obama, not pictured, to a private meeting at the FBI building in Chicago, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
First lady Miche... First lady Michelle Obama, center, waves as she departs after speaking to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Colonnade from t... President Barack Obama walks down the Colonnade from the Oval Office to the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 31, 2009, prior to departing for his first European trip as president. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Inaugural Ball U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife First Lady Michelle Obama attend the Midwest Inaugural Ball at the Washington Convention Center on January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. (Photo by Emily Barnes/Getty Images)
Returning From F... In this Feb. 19, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama enters the Oval Office of the White House in Washington after returning from his first foreign trip. Obama is promising to reinvigorate the Freedom of Information Act by opening more of the federal government's filing cabinets without a fight, something which can't happen soon enough for people waiting for replies to the more than 200,000 backed up requests for information. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
'We Are One: The... U.S. President-elect Barack Obama speaks with daughter Malia as his wife Michelle looks on during the 'We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration At The Lincoln Memorial' on January 18, 2009 at the National Mall in Washington, DC. The event includes a diverse array of talent featuring both musical performances and historical readings and an appearance by U.S. President-elect Barack Obama. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
The Kennedy Cent... U.S. President Barack Obama looks on as first lady Michelle Obama waves to the audience at the Kennedy Center on February 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Obamas watched a performance from the President's box by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. (Photo by Joshua Roberts-Pool/Getty Images)
Supporting Our T... President-elect Barack Obama and Michelle Obama stand together at Calvin Coolidge High School where students, military families, and volunteer service groups are working on various projects supporting the troops on January 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama stopped at Calvin Coolidge High School to promote his 'Day of Service' program. (Photo by Joshua Roberts-Pool/Getty Images)
Painting the Sas... President-elect Barack Obama helps paint the walls at the Sasha Bruce House, a shelter for teens January 19, 2009 in Washington, DC., Obama stopped at Sasha Bruce House to promote his 'Day Of Service' program. (Photo by Joshua Roberts-Pool/Getty Images)
Hradcanske Squar... US President Barack Obama kisses his wife Michelle, right, prior to delivering a public speech to thousands of people on the Hradcanske Square in Prague, Czech Republic, on Sunday, April 5, 2009. Obama later on Sunday attends a summit with EU leaders. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Chicago Bulls vs... President Barack Obama looks on as the Chicago Bulls play the Washington Wizards during the first quarter of their NBA basketball game on Friday, Feb. 27, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Arrival in Ottaw... President Barack Obama accompanied by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, waves to a crowd on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009, upon his arrival in the Canadian Capitol. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Tom Hanson)
Listening President Barack Obama, listens to a speech by Mexican President Felipe Calderon prior to a state dinner at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, Thursday April, 16, 2009. President Obama made an official visit to Mexico prior to heading towards the Caribbean for the upcoming Americas Summit.(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
Capitol Hill President Barack Obama approaches the media to make a statement on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, after meeting with lawmakers at the Capitol. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
Puppy Play While President Barack Obama was on Capitol Hill meeting with Republicans a Uniformed Secret Service Emergency Response Team officer lets his security dog get some exercise and play in the light snow that covered the White House grounds in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Return from Camp... President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama return to the White House from an overnight trip to Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Walking Bo on Th... Malia Obama walks with new dog Bo, followed by President Barack Obama, Sasha Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Meeting in The O... In this photo released by the White House, President Bush and President-elect Obama meet in the Oval Office of the White House Monday, Nov. 10, 2008, in Washington. (AP Photo/The White House, Eric Draper)
Cross Hall Walk President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk down the Cross Hall towards the East Room of the White House in Washington as they host congressional committee heads at a dinner, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Sasha and Malia President Barack Obama's daughters Sasha and Malia watch the inaugural parade in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)
Reflection As an aide, right, waits for President Barack Obama, his reflection can be seen in the window of the door at left, to arrive at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 6, 2009, as he returned from a day trip to Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Night Time Visio... President Barack Obama is handed a piece of paper from an aide inside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009, after returning from his first foreign trip to Canada. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Oval Office President Barack Obama, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, and Vice President Joe Biden meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Congress in the ... President Barack Obama hands a copy of his address to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as Vice President Joe Biden applauds before his address before a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)
First Time President Barack Obama visits the press cabin after boarding Air Force One for the first time as President Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009 at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Barack... President Barack Obama listens as Vice President Joe Biden addresses mayors in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Solar Panel Tour Namaste Solar Chief Executive Officer Blake Jones gives President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden a tour the solar panel installation at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in Denver, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Equal Pay Lilly Ledbetter, left, is kissed by Vice President Joe Biden after President Barack Obama, center, congratulated her, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, right, applauds during the signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009, in the East Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
First Lady Appla... This Feb. 24, 2009 file photo shows first lady Michelle Obama applauding during President Barack Obama's address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds,File)
Helping Hand Vice President Joe Biden, left, clasps hands with President Barack Obama after he signed several executive orders during a meeting with their senior staff to assert expectations on ethics and conduct, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Thumbs Up Dad President Barack Obama, right, is congratulated by daughter Sasha, lower left, as first lady Michelle Obama looks on after taking the oath of office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
"Where the Wild ... President Barack Obama reads "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak, to children at the White House Easter Egg Roll, in Washington, Monday, April 13, 2009. His daughter Sasha listens at left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Family Time In this undated photo released by the White House, President Barack Obama holds his daughter Sasha as he pets the family's new dog, Bo, a 6-month-old Portuguese water dog. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)
Toast Worthy With a portrait of President Abraham Lincoln overhead, President Barack Obama prepares to offer a toast to the nation's governors during a dinner in the State Dinning Room, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
Dig In In this April 21, 2009 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama uses a shovel as she plants a tree with volunteers at a national service project at Kenilworth Aquatic Garden in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, FILE)
'Open For Questi... President Barack Obama listens to a video question submitted from the Internet as he holds an 'Open For Questions' town hall style meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 26, 2009. It was the first online town hall done in the White House. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Town Hall Meetin... President Barack Obama takes part in an Internet town hall meeting, Thursday, March 26, 2009, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Green Champagne Green champagne is served to guests arriving in the East Room of the White House at a reception for St. Patrick's Day hosted by President Barack Obama, Tuesday, March 17, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Happy St. Patric... President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet guests in the East Room of the White House in Washington, as they host a St. Patrick's Day reception, Tuesday, March 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
East Room President Barack Obama says goodbye to guests after he,and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, not shown, delivered remarks to small business owners, community lenders and members of Congress, Monday, March 16, 2009, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Forum on Health ... President Barack Obama speaks at the White House Forum on Health Reform in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2009. Looking on are Director of White House Domestic Policy Council Melody Barnes, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., far right. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Cheers In this Feb. 22, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama offers a toast to the nation's governors during a dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)
Sneaking a Liste... Members of "the President's Own" United States Marine Band listen through the doors as President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama host 'Stevie Wonder In Performance at the White House: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize' in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
President Obama ... President Barack Obama greets Stevie Wonder onstage during 'Stevie Wonder In Performance at the White House: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize' in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
South Lawn This April 9, 2009 file photo shows first lady Michelle Obama smiling as she talks with reporters while planting herbs in the White House Kitchen Garden with students from Bancroft Elementary School, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak,File)
NATO summit U.S. President Barack Obama, center, listens as French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown talk after they crossed the Passerelle bridge in Strasbourg, France, during the NATO summit, Saturday, April 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Johnny 'Red' Ker... Chicago Bulls broadcaster and original head coach Johnny 'Red' Kerr, right, watches a previously recorded tribute from President Barack Obama during the halftime of an NBA basketball game between the Bulls and the Detroit Pistons Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009, in Chicago. Kerr has worked for the Bulls in various capacities for 35 of the franchise's 43 seasons, most notably as a team broadcaster for more than 30 years. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Amen President Barack Obama puts his hand to his ear after saying he heard an "Amen section" in the audience of employees as he speaks at the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Va., Monday, April 20, 2009. Behind him is CIA Director Leon Panetta. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
The 5th Summit o... President Barack Obama, left, and Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias attend the inauguration of the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Friday April 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
Tree Planting President Barack Obama works with volunteers as he and the first lady plant a tree while participating in a national service project at Kenilworth Aquatic Garden in Washington, Tuesday, April 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Air Force One President Barack Obama boards Air Force One to depart Columbus, Ohio, Friday, March 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Trinity Structur... President Barack Obama shakes hands with employee Jaison Jackson as he tours Trinity Structural Towers in Newton, Iowa, Wednesday, April 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Surrounded by Lo... Surrounded by members of Congress President Barack Obama hands out pens after signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act with Lilly Ledbetter, standind left of Obama, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009, in the East Room at the White House in Washington. Others standing from left, are House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland (partially visible at top left), Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Me., Ledbetter, D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Senate Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
President Obama ... President Barack Obama walks in the rain from the Marine One helicopter with Col. Steven "Shep" Shepro, Commander of the 316th Wing and Installation Commander of Andrews Air Force Base, prior to boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009, en route to Ottawa, Canada, where he will meet with Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Barack... President Barack Obama and Canadian Governor General Michaelle Jean walk across the tarmac upon his arrival in Ottawa, Canada, Thursday Feb. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick)
Maggie's Cancer ... U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, right, and Sarah Brown, second left, wife of the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, talk with staff and patients during a visit to Maggie's Cancer Caring Center in west London, on April 1, 2009. World leaders are gathering in London for the Group of 20 summit amid an unprecedented security operation to protect the meeting from violent protests and terrorists. (AP Photo/Leon Neal, Pool)
Hope President Barack Obama greets the crowd after delivering remarks about the home mortgage crisis, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009, at Dobson High School in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Fun and Games Chicago Bulls fan President Barack Obama, right, gets a good natured ribbing by Washington Wizards fan Miles Rawls, upper left, during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game on Friday, Feb. 27, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
St. Vitu's Cathe... US first lady Michelle Obama looks on an altar in the St. Vitu's Cathedral in Prague, Sunday, April 5, 2009, while her husband, US President Barack Obama, was meeting European Union leaders in the Czech capital. (AP Photo/Hans Punz)
House Chamber President Barack Obama walks in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, after his address to a joint session of Congress. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Air Force Person... Air Force personnel standby as Air Force One, carrying President Barack Obama, taxis prior to departing Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
President Obama ... President Barack Obama walks with aides on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
G20 Summit in Lo... This file photo shows President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walking down the steps from Air Force One at London's Stansted Airport, ahead of the G20 summit in London. President Obama has arrived in Europe, with a hefty economic and political agenda for his first journey across the Atlantic since taking office two months ago. Obama's focus is a G-20 meeting of the world's major economic powers and a NATO summit marking the 60 years since the alliance was founded to blunt Soviet aggression in Europe (AP Photo/Chris Radburn,filel)
President Barack... President Barack Obama walks with his aide Reggie Love, as they leave the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, Thursday, March 12, 2009, after attending the White House Recovery and Reinvestment Act Implementation Conference. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Departure from T... In this March 31,2009 file photo, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama departs the White House in Washington for a trip to the United Kingdom to attend the G20 Summit. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, FILE)
First lady Miche... First lady Michelle Obama pauses during a ceremonial swearing in for Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry Thursday, April 23, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
G20 Summit U.S. President Barack Obama, left, smiles with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, centre, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a group photo at the G20 Summit in the Excel centre in London, Thursday, April 2, 2009. The objective of the London Summit is to bring the world's biggest economies together to help restore global economic growth through enhanced international coordination. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Walking Bo In this April 14, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama show off their new dog Bo, a 6-month-old Portuguese water dog, with their daughters Malia, center, and Sasha, right, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, FILE)
Press Cabin President Barack Obama visits the press cabin on Air Force One en route to Fort Myers, Fla., Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009. Obama will hold a town hall style meeting about the economy in Fort Myers, Fla., before returning to Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Easter Sunday President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama leave Easter worship services at St. John's Episcopal Church near the White House in Washington, Sunday, April 12, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Prague Castle US President Barack Obama is accompanied by his wife Michelle as he arrives in his limousine at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Sunday, April 5, 2009. President Barack Obama kicked off the Prague leg of his European tour on Sunday by meeting with Czech leaders in the capital's medieval castle. Obama was meeting with Klaus and Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek before delivering a speech on a square near the castle. Obama later on Sunday attends a summit with EU leaders. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Michelle Obama a... Michelle Obama, wife of U.S. President Barack Obama, left, walks with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at the reception at Buckingham Palace in London Wednesday, April 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Daniel Hambury, pool)
Groundbreaking First lady Michelle Obama talks with students from Washington's Bancroft Elementary School, as she takes part in the groundbreaking of the White House Kitchen Garden on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Hugs First lady Michelle Obama, left, hugs Truddie Dee Hawkins, center, and Brittany Charmine Morris, right seated, as she meets with students at Anacostia High School in Washington, Thursday, March 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Return to The Wh... From right to left, President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Malia and Sasha return to the White House after their arrival on the South Lawn, Sunday, March 8, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
International W... Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hugs first lady Michelle Obama at the International Women of Courage Award Ceremony at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, March 11, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Miriam's Kitchen First lady Michelle Obama, right, hands out meals during her visit to Miriam's Kitchen in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2009. The center provides meals, case management services and housing support to nearly 250 men and women in Washington.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Sing Along President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, his wife Jill Biden, former President Bill Clinton, and Secretary of State designate Hillary Rodham Clinton sing along to "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" as performed by the Washington Performing Arts Society Children of the Gospel Choir at the inaugural prayer service at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Sweet Honey in t... President Barack Obama's daughters Sasha, foreground, Malia, center, and Marian Robinson, mother-in-law, background, along with First lady Michelle Obama, not shown, listen with 6th and 7th grade District of Columbia school children in a performance at the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009, in Washington, by Sweet Honey in the Rock, an African American female cappella ensemble in the East Room.(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Hoops President Barack Obama watches he basketball go in the hoop as he shot a couple of baskets during the annual Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 13, 2009, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Salute President Barack Obama salutes as he and first lady Michelle Obama board Marine One while departing the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 31,2009, for Andrews Air Force Base, Md. and then onto the United Kingdom to attend the G-20 Summit. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Passing Notes President Barack Obama holds a note with the words "The Senate just passed the Recovery and Reinvestment Plan", in reference to the economic stimulus package, after it was passed to him by aide Reggie Love, not pictured, while Obama was on stage during a town hall meeting to discuss the economy, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009, at the Harborside Event Center in Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Before The News ... From left to right, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and U.S. President Barack Obama walk up the stairs at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Building in London, before the start of their joint news conference, Wednesday, April 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Barack... President Barack Obama visits the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Greetings President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are greeted by crowds as they arrive to meet France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni at Palais Rohan in Strasbourg, France, Friday, April 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Pointing President Barack Obama points to a familiar face in the crowd as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House after returning to the United States Sunday, April 19, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Happy Easter! President Barack Obama cheers on children before blowing the whistle to start the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Camp Victory President Barack Obama hugs a soldier as he greets military personnel at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Greetings in Fra... President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are greeted by France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy at Palais Rohan in Strasbourg, France, Friday, April 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Reggie Love Reggie Love, personal assistant to President Barack Obama, walks past the President's limo outside Buckingham Palace in London, Wednesday, April 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
The Tonight Show President Barack Obama, left, appears on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in Burbank, Calif. Thursday, March 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Departure for Ca... President Barack Obama, right, and first lady Michelle Obama, left, walk across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, before their departure on Marine One for Camp David, Md., Saturday, March 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Barack... President Barack Obama speaks at a town hall meeting at the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex in Los Angeles, Thursday, March 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)