in the spotlight

President and First Lady Obama attend the “Christmas in Washington” taping at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.

visiting professor

President Obama reads from The Polar Express and talks about the meaning of Christmas as he delivers cookies to a Boys and Girls Club in Washington, DC. December 21, 2009. (Public Domain)

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In loving memory…..

President Obama speaks at the White House after the Senate passed its version of health care reform legislation, December 24, 2009.

Victoria Kennedy, widow of Sen. Ted Kennedy, hugs Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 24,2009, as Sen. Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn, looks on at center, after the Senate passed the health care reform bill.