the end of the world (cup)

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President Barack Obama watches the US-Ghana World Cup soccer match between meetings at the G20 Summit in Toronto on June 26, 2010. Ghana won the game 2-1.

Ghanians in Accra celebrate their team’s victory over the US in the World Cup, June 26, 2010

walk on

President Barack Obama and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel walk along the South Lawn Drive of the White House, June 30, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

seeing red

Framed through two flags, President Barack Obama takes questions during a press conference at the G20 Summit in Toronto, Canada, Sunday, June 27, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

moving on up

People react as President Barack Obama and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel ride an escalator en route to a press conference during the G20 Summit in Toronto, Canada, Sunday, June 27, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

west wing week (“home of the kringle” july 2, 2010)

…the President gets a lesson in mathematics in the Oval Office, attends the G8 and G20 summits in Canada, meets with the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, hosts King Abdullah in the White House and much more

farewell

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…at the memorial service for Sen. Robert Byrd in Charleston, West Virginia, July 2, 2010

A photograph of Sen. Robert Byrd rests on a table at the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., July 2, 2010, as President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden greet family members before a memorial service celebrating Byrd’s life. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

“this is one heck of a sandwich i’m in”

President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and former President Bill Clinton attend at a memorial service for Sen. Robert Byrd, Friday, July 2, 2010, at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va.

looking up

President Barack Obama shakes hands after he arrives at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington on Air Force One after attending the memorial service for Senator Robert Byrd in West Virginia, July 2, 2010

up close

President Barack Obama is briefed on response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, during a meeting in the Rose Garden of the White House, June 17, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

armed forces

President Barack Obama greets members of the audience following his remarks at an event with military personnel at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla., June 15, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)