October 15: The First Lady pays a visit to Miami-Dade College for its annual gala and luncheon, where she was warmly greeted by the school’s President, Eduardo J. Padron.
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October 15: The President signs the Enhanced Partnership With Pakistan Act of 2009, granting more aid to the government of Pakistan, contingent on some benchmarks. The bill immediately drew criticism, particularly from Pakistan, where many believed the bill impinges on Pakistan’s sovereignty.
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October 14: The President took a short jaunt to Fairfax County to tout the benefits of the stimulus. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood joined him for the trip.
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October 14: President Obama presses the flesh after his stimulus speech.
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October 14: President Obama signs an order to establish a working group to address the Asian American and the Pacific Islander communities.
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October 14: At the White House Diwali celebration, Obama shakes hands with Hindu priest Sri Narayanachar Digalakote.
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President Obama prepares to read the weekly YouTube address. He used the opportunity to declare that health reform was “gathering momentum” and that the bills in Congress took “the best ideas from Republicans and Democrats,” and specifically drew attention to former GOP Sens. Bob Dole’s and Bill Frist’s support for some form of health care reform.
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David Axelrod (left) and Valerie Jarrett (center) look on as the President delivers remarks on his surprise Nobel Peace Prize win from the Rose Garden.
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October 9: Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel talks to the president.
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The White House held a picnic for the Secret Service on October 9, and here Michelle Obama gets acquainted with a young guest.
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October 8: President Obama boxes out for a rebound during a basketball game on the White House court.
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Reggie Love, President Obama’s personal aide, drives to the basket.
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Vice President Joe Biden and Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett leave the Economic Daily Briefing in the Oval Office on October 8.
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President Obama watches as members of the National Naval Medical Center’s Marine Wounded Warrior basketball team play on the White House basketball court on October 8.
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President Obama shoots.
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President Obama shares a laugh with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Senior Adviser David Axelrod, Personal Secretary Katie Johnson and Personal Aide Reggie Love in the Oval Office, Oct. 8, 2009.
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President Obama awards the 2008 Medal of Science and Medal of Technology and Innovation in the East Room of the White House on October 7.
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President Obama looks through a telescope during an astronomy event on the South Lawn of the White House on October 7.
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Laureates arrive for the National Medal of Science and Medal of Technology and Innovation Ceremony in the East Room of the White House on October 7.
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Economic Daily Briefing participants, including Counselor to the Treasury Secretary Lee Sachs, wait before meeting with President Obama on October 7.
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President Obama speaks with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid after their October 7 meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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The President and First Lady greet members of the Girl Scouts on October 7.
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October 6: President Obama chats with Senior Adviser David Axelrod and National Economic Council Director Larry Summers in the Oval Office after the Economic Daily Briefing.
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The President talks with Vice President Joe Biden on October 6.
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October 6: President Obama meets with Congressional leadership to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan in the State Dining Room of the White House.
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The President talks to doctors in the Oval Office before a health insurance reform event on October 5.
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First Lady Michelle Obama talks with (from left) Chicago 2016 board member Marty Nesbitt, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett, Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Education Secretary Arne Duncan aboard Air Force One before leaving Copenhagen on October 2. The First Lady went to Copenhagen to campaign for Chicago to host for the 2016 Olympics.
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October 2: The President greets former Olympic athletes in Copenhagen, including Jackie Joyner-Kersee and David Robinson, before making a presentation on behalf of Chicago to the International Olympic Committee.
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The President looks through a microscope while on a September 30 tour of an oncology laboratory at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Also pictured: Dr. Marston Linehan (left), Dr. Francis Collins, Director of NIH (second from right), and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
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President Obama and former President Bill Clinton watch a performance by jazz legend Wynton Marsalis at the memorial service for Walter Cronkite at Lincoln Center in New York City on September 9.
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October 9: Bo Obama’s brother Cappy steals a treat from a table in the Rose Garden, at a birthday party for the First Dog.
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