Jack & Jill Politics

First Lady Michelle Obama competes in a race during a healthy kids fair on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009.
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First Lady Michelle Obama participates in a healthy kids fair on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009.
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U.S. President Barack Obama arrives to speak to servicemen and women at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, in Jacksonville, Florida, October 26, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES POLITICS MILITARY)

US President Barack Obama makes his way onto the stage in a hangar on October 26, 2009 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Florida.
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US First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Bronx October 28, 2009 before attending Game 1 of the 2009 World Series which is being dedicated to “Welcome Back Heroes.”
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US First Lady Michelle Obama shakes hands with veterans at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Bronx October 28, 2009 before attending Game 1 of the 2009 World Series which is being dedicated to “Welcome Back Heroes.”
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NEW YORK – OCTOBER 28: New York Yankees legend and Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra (C) walks on the field with First lady Michelle Obama (R) and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, prior to Game One of the 2009 MLB World Series between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies at Yankee Stadium on October 28, 2009 in the Bronx borough of New York City.
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NEW YORK – OCTOBER 28: New York Yankees legend and Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra, First Lady Michelle Obama (C) and Dr. Jill Biden (L), wife of Vice President Joe Biden, escourt Iraq veteran Tony Odierno (R) out onto the field so he can throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to Game One of the 2009 MLB World Series between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies at Yankee Stadium on October 28, 2009 in the Bronx borough of New York City.
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NEW YORK – OCTOBER 28: Derek Jeter #2 (R) of the New York Yankees greets First lady Michelle Obama (L) and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, prior to Game One of the 2009 MLB World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies at Yankee Stadium on October 28, 2009 in the Bronx borough of New York City.
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From left: US President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, former senator Edward William Brooke, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, listen to the national anthem during the Congressional Gold Medal presentation ceremony for Brooke October 28, 2009 in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Brooke was the first African American to be elected to the Senate by popular vote.
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WASHINGTON – OCTOBER 28: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (L) appears onstage with U.S. President Barack Obama (R) as he exits a ceremony presenting former Senator Edward William Brooke (R-MA) with the Congressional Gold Medal in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Brooke, a two-term Republican senator from 1967-1979, was the first African-American elected to the senate by popular vote.
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WASHINGTON – OCTOBER 28: US President Barack Obama (2nd L) joins House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (FROM L), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), former Senator Edward William Brooke (R-MA) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in honoring Brooke with the Congressional Gold Medal in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Brooke, a two-term Republican senator from 1967-1979, was the first African-American elected to the senate by popular vote.
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U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama holds an earth worm as she attends the Fall Harvest of the White House Garden with local elementary school students on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, October 29, 2009.
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WASHINGTON – OCTOBER 29: First Lady Michelle Obama works in the garden harvesting vegetables on the South Lawn of the White House on October 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. First Lady Michelle Obama invited local school children to help with the fall vegetable harvest in the garden at the White House.
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US First lady Michelle Obama holds a sweet patato during a fall harvest of the White House vegetable garden on October 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. The First Lady welcomedstudents from Bancroft Elementary and Kimball Elementary to the South Lawn of the White House for the Fall Harvest of the White House Kitchen Garden.
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WASHINGTON – OCTOBER 29: First Lady Michelle Obama walks with students from Bancroft Elementary School and Kimball Elementary School on the South Lawn of the White House on October 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. First Lady Michelle Obama invited local school children to help with the fall vegetable harvest in the garden at the White House.
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WASHINGTON – OCTOBER 29: First Lady Michelle Obama and students from Bancroft Elementary School and Kimball Elementary School pose for a photograph with freshly harvested vetables on the South Lawn of the White House on October 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. First Lady Michelle Obama invited local school children to help with the fall vegetable harvest in the garden at the White House.
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U.S. President Barack Obama (C) is applauded by Jeanne White-Ginder (R), mother of Ryan White, after signing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, October 30, 2009. White was 13 years old when he was diagnosed with AIDS in 1984 after contracting the disease from a blood-clotting agent used to treat his hemophilia and was barred from school out of fear of spreading the disease.
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President Barack Obama hugs Jeanne White-Ginder, mother of Ryan White, Friday, Oct. 30,2009, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, after signing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009.
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The White House is lit in orange as US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host Halloween celebrations in Washington, DC, on October 31, 2009. Witches, beware. Mummies, be gone. Halloween may be a celebration of all things creepy and macabre, but a growing number of US communities are shunning traditional ghoulish festivities, seen by some as tainted by association with paganism and the occult.
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WASHINGTON – OCTOBER 31: (AFP OUT) President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet parents and local school children at the north portico of the White House during a Halloween celebration on October 31, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Obamas are celebrating their first Halloween in the White House by inviting students and military families over for the holiday. ———Kristoffer Tripplaar-Pool/Getty Images

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet trick or treaters at the North Portico of the White House as they celebrate Halloween in Washington, DC, on October 31, 2009. The First couple welcomed more than 2,000 children from Washington, Maryland and Virginia schools and their families to celebrate Halloween.
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The White House is lit with orange light as people gather at the North Portico of the White House in Washington on October 31, 2009. US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will greet more than 2,000 children from Washington, Maryland and Virginia schools and their families to celebrate Halloween.
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The White House is lit with orange light as people gather at the North Portico of the White House in Washington on October 31, 2009. US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will greet more than 2,000 children from Washington, Maryland and Virginia schools and their families to celebrate Halloween.
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US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet trick or treaters at the North Portico of the White House as they celebrate Halloween in Washington, DC, on October 31, 2009. The First couple welcomed more than 2,000 children from Washington, Maryland and Virginia schools and their families to celebrate Halloween.
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First Lady Michelle Obama (L) comforts a crying child with the promise of a cookie as she and U.S. President Barack Obama (C) greet local school children on Halloween at the White House in Washington October 31, 2009.
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US First Lady Michelle Obama distributes candies and cookies as they host a Halloween reception for military families and children of White House and Residence staff at the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 31, 2009.
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