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US President Barack Obama (C) poses with a gift he got from the Los Angeles Lakers at a Boys and Girls Club in Washington on December 13, 2010. Obama welcomed the Lakers to honor their 2009-2010 season and their second consecutive NBA championship. —JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
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US President Barack Obama (L) arrives on stage as the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team applaud at a Boys and Girls Club in Washington on December 13, 2010. Obama welcomed the Lakers to honor their 2009-2010 season and their second consecutive NBA championship.
—-JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
President Barack Obama greets children as he joins the Los Angeles Lakers in a visit to the Boys and Girls Club in Washington, Monday, Dec. 13, 2010.
—-AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 13: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Barack Obama (L) talks with Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers while filling care packages during a NBA Cares service event at the Boys and Girls Club at THEARC December 13, 2010 in Washington, DC. Bryant and all the members of the 2010 NBA Championship Lakers team volunteered on projects at the club before being honored by the president for their victory.
—-Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
U.S. President Barack Obama shows a young boy how to shave with a disposable razor being packed for homeless people at the ARC, a base for the Boys and Girls Club in Washington, December 13, 2010. Obama was joined by members of the Los Angeles Lakers NBA basketball team at the event.
—–REUTERS/Jason Reed
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