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Photo Of The Year: September & October

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Your July Winner:

President Obama greets Emmitt and Pat Smith and family, and Team 22 on the Rose Garden steps of the White House (Photo by Pete Souza)

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Your August Winner:

President Obama during a statement on the situation in Ferguson, Missouri and Iraq (Photo by Doug Mills)

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September

(1) A little girl looks up at President Obama as he talks with wounded warriors and their families in the East Room during their tour of the White House (Photo by Pete Souza)

(2) President Obama visits Stonehenge in Wiltshire in the United Kingdom, after leaving the NATO summit in Newport, Wales

(3) President Obama greets children as he is welcomed by Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves at Kadriorg Palace in Tallinn, Estonia

(4) President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive on stage for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Phoenix Awards dinner

(5) President Obama hugs Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. who is resigning from his post (Photo by Doug Mills)

(6) Presidents Obama and Clinton backstage at the Clinton Global Initiative (Photo by Pete Souza)

(7) Before being introduced at a White House event to launch the “It’s On Us” initiative, aimed at ending sexual assaults on college campuses, President Obama listens through a door as Lilly Jay talks about being sexually assaulted (Photo by Pete Souza)

(8) President Obama meets with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine in the Oval Office (Photo by Doug Mills)

(9) President Obama greets retired Army Command Sgt. Major Bennie Adkins and family in the Oval Office before awarding him the Medal of Honor (Photo by Pete Souza)

(10) President Obama picks up 13-month-old Larnell Maurice Perry Jr., grandson of Angelene C. Carter, who was killed in the September 11 attacks at the Pentagon

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October

(1) A boy dressed as a college graduate looks up at President Obama as he greets costumed trick-or-treaters during Halloween festivities by the South Portico of the White House

New Hampshire

Elm Street Middle School, Nashua, New Hampshire (Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

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Sunday: The President leaves for Orlando, Florida.

Monday: Campaign events in Orlando, Youngstown, Ohio and Prince William County, Virginia. The President returns to Washington, DC in the evening.

Tuesday: Campaign events in Colorado Springs and Green Bay, Wisconsin. The President will then travel to Ohio where he will stay overnight.

Wednesday: Campaign events in Cincinnati and Akron. In the evening, the President and the First Lady will welcome local children and children of military families to trick-or-treat at the North Portico of the White House.

Update:

Thanks Bob

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Patch: An estimated 8,500 Obama supporters fleshed out the grassy knoll in front of Elm Street School Saturday for a stop by President Obama.

That number, provided by Nashua Fire Marshal Cynthia Bautista, could make this the largest political rally in New Hampshire history, beating Oprah/Obama in 2007, according to WMUR political analyst James Pindell.

Justin Kates, Nashua’s Director of Emergency Management said another 400 were turned away at the gate once the space was to capacity….

More here

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(AP Photo/Jim Cole)

(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

(Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Richmond

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Will be back later with more photos and videos from today’s rallies, and a heads-up or two.

Dayton

The debate winner arrives at Dayton International Airport (AP Photo/David Kohl)

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Wednesday:

8:0: President Obama departs the White House

10:15: Arrives in Davenport, Iowa

11:10: Delivers remarks at Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport

12:45: VP Biden deliver remarks at Marion Harding High School

2:15: PBO departs Davenport

8:25: Arrives Los Angeles

9:30: Tapes an appearance on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”

10:45: Departs Los Angeles

11:45: Arrives Las Vegas

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Forward to 30 minutes to hear the speeches – you can also see them at C-Span

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The University of Miami

From “Severely Conservative” to “Severely Kidding”:

Rise and Shine

Ohio State University, Oct 9 (Larry Downing/Reuters)

Newseum

(Larry Downing/Reuters)

(Brendan Smialowski/Getty)

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OFA: Just before stepping on stage in Fairfax, Virginia, President Obama takes a minute to read a thank you letter from Lori, Ian’s mom

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(Zee News)

Leesburg Today

You can see video of Michelle Obama’s Loudoun County speech here

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Heads Up: President Obama in Ohio

2:30 ET: President Obama delivers remarks at Cleveland State University in Ohio

C-Span * CBS 1 * CBS 2 * CNN

Streaming has started at CBS

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From Denver to Madison

Madison, Wisconsin, Oct 4 (NBC)

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(WPR)

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Madison.com: The massive crowd of supporters started arriving before dawn Thursday and waited in a line that stretched forever up and down UW-Madison’s hilly Observatory Drive, all waiting to see President Barack Obama’s afternoon rally and praying that skies, gray and threatening throughout the morning, wouldn’t drop rain.

…. UW police estimated the crowd at 30,000, and what looked like thousands more, all with tickets, were denied admission after officials declared the event at capacity early in the afternoon….

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EPA

“all i’ve got to offer is a last name that ends in a vowel”

President Obama on stage with Rep. Nancy Pelosi after delivering remarks at the National Italian American Foundation Gala in Washington. Also on stage is television journalist Maria Bartiromo