President Obama points out cake crumbs that Vice President Biden dropped on the floor in the Oval Office following a birthday celebration for the President on August 4.
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Obama walks to present cupcakes to columnist Helen Thomas in honor of her birthday on August 4. Thomas, who turned 89, shares the same birthday as the President, who turned 48.
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Obama and Helen Thomas in the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House on their birthdays.
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White House staffers who are also fishing enthusiasts gave the President a fly fishing rod for his birthday.
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Belgrade, Montana local fishing guide Dan Vermillion celebrates after Obama almost hooks a trout on the East Gallatin River on August 14.
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Obama fishes in the East Gallatin River in Belgrade, Montana.
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Obama and Vermillion in the East Gallatin River.
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Obama at the Grand Canyon in Arizona on August 16.
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The First Family listens to a park ranger on a tour of the Grand Canyon.
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Obama buys ice cream at a store while visiting Yellowstone National Park on August 15.
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Obama talks health care with Senior Advisor David Axelrod and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL, far left) on Air Force One en route to a town hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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Obama at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, on a conference call with faith leaders to discuss health insurance reform.
Obama told radio host Michael Smerconish “I don’t want you messing with my Resolute Desk” when the two were joking and discussing the movie National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets on August 20.
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Obama and Axelrod on the Colonnade of the White House.
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Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Joseph Medicine Crow (center, holding the drum) and the Obamas during a reception for recipients and their families in the Blue Room of the White House. See the TPM photo feature from that ceremony here.
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Obama hugs actor Sidney Poitier, a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, at the ceremony.
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Obama in the Blue Room of the White House before the start of the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony. Recipients such as former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wait in the background.
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Obama and world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, also a Medal of Freedom recipient.
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Obama and Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
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Obama and Sonia Sotomayor in the Oval Office on August 12, just before a reception for the new Supreme Court Justice.
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Sotomayor and fellow Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the reception for Sotomayor.
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Sotomayor and her mother, Celina, at the August 12 reception in the East Room of the White House.
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Obama with Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Amir of Kuwait, outside the Oval Office.
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Obama and members of the delegation traveling with Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Amir of Kuwait, in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House.
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Obama at an August 6 rally for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds, with current Virginia Governor Tim Kaine in the background at the right.
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Obama and the crowd of supporters at the August 6 campaign rally for Creigh Deeds in Tyson’s Corner, Virginia.
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Obama carries birthday cake for Phil Schiliro, assistant to the president for legislative affairs.
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Obama attends a health care reform meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. Clockwise from left: Director of the Office of Management and Budget Peter Orszag, Counsel of Economic Advisors Chair Christy Romer, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs Phil Schiliro, Director of the Office of Health Reform Nancy-Ann Deparle, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Senior Advisor David Axelrod, President Obama, and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.
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Obama looks up at the ceiling of the Cabanas Cultural Center before a trilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon at the North American Leaders’ Summit in Guadalajara, Mexico, on August 10.
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Obama and Mexican President Calderon (right) and a display on the making of tequila at the Cabanas Cultural Center in Guadalajara.
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Obama, Harper (left), and Calderon (right) are shown a display on the making of tequila at the Cabanas Cultural Center in Guadalajara.
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Obama prepares to autographs books and photographs in a backstage holding room following a town hall meeting on health care reform at Central High School in Grand Junction, Colorado.
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The Obama family disembarks from Air Force One at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Obama meets with Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer following a town hall meeting on health care reform in Belgrade, Montana.
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The Obamas and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
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Obama and daughters Sasha (left) and Malia (right) at Yellowstone National Park.
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The President and the First Lady in the Blue Room of the White House prior to the Medal of Freedom ceremony.
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The President and the First Lady in the Blue Room of the White House prior to the Medal of Freedom ceremony.
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Obama and daughter Sasha with the card given to him during a birthday party with his staff in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. Malia and Michelle Obama, Valerie Jarrett, and Timothy Geithner are all in the background.
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The Obama family waits for Old Faithful to erupt during their visit to Yellowstone National Park.
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