September 1: Annie Leibovitz takes an Obama family portrait.
Official White House Photo by Annie Leibovitz
October 29: The First Lady welcomes students from Bancroft Elementary and Kimball Elementary to help with the fall harvest of the White House Kitchen Garden. Staff and volunteers from local food shelter Miriam’s Kitchen also help harvest tomatoes, peppers and potatoes.
Official White House photo by Samantha Appleton
October 29: The President and First Lady greet Girl Scouts in the Oval Office after signing the Girl Scouts USA Centennial Commemorative Coin Act.
Official White House photo by Pete Souza
October 23: President Obama waits backstage before a speech at a reception for Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick at the Westin Copley Place hotel in Boston.
Official White House photo by Pete Souza
October 23: Seen through the fuselage of Air Force One, a U.S. Marine is seen waiting for Marine One to land at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.
Official White House photo by Pete Souza
October 23: First Lady Michelle Obama meets with Queen Silvia of Sweden in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House.
Official White House photo by Samantha Appleton
October 23: Professor Vladimir Bulovic gives the President a tour of an alternative energy research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Official White House photo by Pete Souza
October 22: Obama meets with, from left, Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Patty Murray (D-WA), Harry Reid (D-NV) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) in the Oval Office.
Official White House photo by Pete Souza
October 22: The President talks with Phil Schiliro, left, special assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, and Michael Strautmanis, special assistant to the President and chief of staff for the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, in the Blue Room of the White House, before signing the Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act.
Official White House photo by Pete Souza
October 22: President Obama sits down to lunch with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the Oval Office Dining Room.
Official White House photo by Pete Souza
October 21: Staff and interns gather to watch President Obama’s helicopter depart en route to Andrews Air Force Base.
Official White House photo by Samantha Appleton
October 21: The Presidential motorcade departs Newark International Airport en route to a rally for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine rally.
Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson
October 21: The President and senior adviser Pete Rouse huddle backstage before the Corzine rally.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
October 21: Michelle Obama demonstrates proper hula-hooping technique as part of her efforts to encourage wellness and exercise.
Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton
October 21: Another event: The President is just about to give a speech on small business at a document archiving firm in Maryland.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
October 21: The Cabinet meets at the Treasury Department to practice response in case of a catastrophic earthquake.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
October 21: Stage directions in Hyattsville make sure everyone’s in the right place to announce Obama’s small-business policy.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
October 21: The man behind the scenes: trip director Marvin Nicholson.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
October 21: Personal aide Reggie Love is the butt of the President’s jokes as Marvin Nicholson and others listen in.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
October 21: Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) returns from Afghanistan to report on the presidential elections and other matters. National Security Adviser James Jones looks on.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
October 20: Katie Hogan, associate director of Press Advance, watches from the floor of the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, as her boss delivers remarks at a big-money fundraiser.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
October 20: A young boy puts some arm into his high five with the President at a fundraiser for NY-23 candidate Bill Owens.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
October 20: Obama speaks at the Owens fundraiser.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
October 17: White House visitors catch a glimpse of important business: the President is speaking with Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
October 28, 2009: The First Lady and Dr. Jill Biden greet New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter on the pitcher’s mound at Yankee Stadium during Game One of the World Series. They’re joined by an Iraq war veteran, retired Army Capt. Tony Odierno, and Yankees legend Yogi Berra. The game was dedicated to veterans and their families.
Earlier in the day, Obama and Biden joined the Yankees at a VA hospital in the Bronx to visit with patients.
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The foursome take the field at Yankee Stadium. Odierno is a West Point graduate and Yankees employee who lost his left arm in Iraq.
Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton
Retired Army Capt. Tony Odierno throws out the first pitch of the Yankees-Phillies game.
Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton
The New York Yankees stand on the field during the National Anthem before the game begins.
Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton
It is high! It is far! It is gone!: Michelle Obama and Jill Biden react to a play during the game.
Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton
