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  • Living While Obama: Photo Opportunity

    Sherman and Tammie Gillums look at their pictures with first lady Michelle Obama as Mrs. Obama continues to greet guests at the Joining Forces Community Challenge event on the South Lawn of the White House on April 11.

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  • Living While Obama: Selling the Buffett Rule

    Standing with millionaires and their assistants, President Barack Obama makes a statement about the “Buffett rule” in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on April 11 in Washington, D.C. Named after the billionare investor Warren Buffett, the Buffett rule would ensure that the wealthiest Americans pay at least 30 percent of their income in federal taxes.…

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  • Living While Obama: Presidential Pushups

    President Barack Obama does pushups on the White House basketball court after a member of the Harlem Globetrotters makes a shot on April 9. The president was participating in “Shoot for Strength,” a game in which children did pushups for every basketball shot made by the pros, during the 2012 White House Easter Egg Roll…

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  • Living While Obama: The First Lady and Bo Visit Walter Reed

    To kick off the Month of the Military Child, on April 4 first lady Michelle Obama and the Obama family dog, Bo, participated in a pre-Easter celebration with military families and children at the Fisher House at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.

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  • Living While Obama: West Wing Talk

    President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden talk as they walk up a staircase in the West Wing of the White House on April 3.

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  • Living While Obama: Joint Press Conference

    President Barack Obama walks with Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada, left, and President Felipe Calderón of Mexico after their joint press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 2. The three leaders are reflected in the base of flag poles situated on the Colonnade. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow…

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  • Living While Obama: Air Force One Departure

    President Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on March 30 en route to Burlington, Vt., and Portland, Maine, to attend campaign events. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. 

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  • Living While Obama: Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul

    President Barack Obama shakes hands with China’s President Hu Jintao (third left) as Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev (far right) and Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili (far left) look on at the start of the first plenary session of the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit at the COEX Center in Seoul on March 27. World leaders including President…

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  • Living While Obama: The First Lady Gardens With Girl Scouts

    First lady Michelle Obama plants in a garden with Girl Scouts from Troop 60325 of Fairport, N.Y., during the fourth annual Kitchen Garden spring planting on March 26 at the White House. Students from around the nation joined the first lady for the annual planting.

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  • Living While Obama: Rose Garden Nomination

    Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner, Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim (second from right) and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listen while President Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 23. President Obama announced his nomination of Kim to succeed Robert Zoellick as president of the World…

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