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100 moments from Obama's presidency
100 moments from Obama's presidency
The Obamas share a moment on a freight elevator as they head to one of the inaugural balls on January 20, 2009. "It was quite chilly, so the President removed his tuxedo jacket and put it over the shoulders of his wife," White House photographer Pete Souza said. "Then they had a semi-private moment as staff members and Secret Service agents tried not to look."
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama wears 3-D glasses during a Super Bowl viewing at the White House on February 1, 2009.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama speaks with aides in the White House Oval Office on February 4, 2009. From left are Senior Advisor Pete Rouse, White House Director of Legislative Affairs Phil Schiliro, Senior Advisor David Axelrod, National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
100 moments from Obama's presidency
100 moments from Obama's presidency
A boy touches Obama's hair in the Oval Office on May 8, 2009. "A temporary White House staffer, Carlton Philadelphia, brought his family to the Oval Office for a farewell photo with President Obama," White House photographer Pete Souza said. "Carlton's son softly told the President he had just gotten a haircut like President Obama, and asked if he could feel the President's head to see if it felt the same as his."
100 moments from Obama's presidency
100 moments from Obama's presidency
The President returns to the Oval Office after going on a hamburger run for West Wing staffers and aides on May 29, 2009.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama closes his eyes before taping his weekly radio address at the White House on June 2, 2009.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama places a flower at the Buchenwald Memorial as he visits the former concentration camp in Germany on June 5, 2009.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama stands on stage before delivering remarks to service members in Jacksonville, Florida, on October 26, 2009. "Of all the privileges I have as President, I have no greater honor than serving as your commander in chief," Obama said in his speech.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama salutes during the dignified transfer of Army Sgt. Dale R. Griffin on October 29, 2009. The President traveled to an Air Force base in Dover, Delaware, to meet a plane carrying the bodies of 18 Americans killed in Afghanistan.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
The President fist-bumps custodian Lawrence Lipscomb in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on December 3, 2009.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
100 moments from Obama's presidency
The President talks on a cell phone as he steps off Marine One in Baltimore on January 29, 2010.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama plays with his daughters in the White House Rose Garden during a snowstorm on February 6, 2010.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama calls a member of Congress to discuss health care reform on March 19, 2010. A bill passed the Senate in December 2009, but there were intense negotiations before it could pass the House. The bill passed 219-212 after more than a year of bitter partisan debate. All 178 Republicans opposed it, along with 34 Democrats.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama takes the stage on a rainy day outside of Chicago on May 31, 2010. He was scheduled to give a Memorial Day speech. "When the lightning began, the Secret Service told the President that it was too dangerous to proceed," White House photographer Pete Souza said. "He took the stage by himself and informed the audience that his speech was canceled and that for everyone's safety, they should return to their buses. Later, he boarded a few of the buses to thank them for attending and apologized for not being able to speak."
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama takes questions at the G-20 Summit in Toronto on June 27, 2010. "We came to Toronto with three specific goals: to make sure the global (economic) recovery is strong and durable; to continue reforming the financial system; and to address the range of global issues that affect our prosperity and security. And we made progress in each of these areas," Obama said.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
The President puts his toe on a scale as White House travel director Marvin Nicholson tries to weigh himself in Austin, Texas, on August 8, 2010.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama shoots baskets before speaking at Cleveland State University on October 31, 2010.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama prays in the Oval Office with co-chairs of the National Prayer Breakfast on January 27, 2011. From left are U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler, U.S. Rep. Tom Coburn, U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, Obama, former Arizona Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick and U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
The first family tours the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro on March 19, 2011. Obama visited Brazil, Chile and El Salvador during his trip to Latin America.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
100 moments from Obama's presidency
100 moments from Obama's presidency
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron play table tennis with students in London on May 24, 2011.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
100 moments from Obama's presidency
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama talks backstage with Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett before a reception in Philadelphia on June 30, 2011.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama does pushups on the White House basketball court after a member of the Harlem Globetrotters made a shot on April 9, 2012.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
During an event on April 18, 2012, Obama looks out of the famous Rosa Parks bus that was restored by the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. "I just sat in there for a moment and pondered the courage and tenacity that is part of our very recent history but is also part of that long line of folks who sometimes are nameless, oftentimes didn't make the history books, but who constantly insisted on their dignity, their share of the American dream," the President said.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama congratulates cadets as they receive their diplomas from the U.S. Air Force Academy on May 23, 2012.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
The Obamas take in the Chicago skyline on June 15, 2012. The Obamas lived in Chicago before he was President, and they still own a home there.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama pretends to be caught in Spider-Man's web as he interacts with Nicholas Tamarin, 3, just outside the Oval Office on October 26, 2012. Nicholas, son of White House aide Nate Tamarin, had been out trick-or-treating. "The President told me that this was his favorite picture of the year when he saw it hanging in the West Wing a couple of weeks later," White House photographer Pete Souza said.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama takes the oath of office during his swearing-in ceremony on January 21, 2013. He is the 17th President to win a second term.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama kisses his wife during the inaugural parade in Washington. Sasha, left, takes a photo of her sister, Malia.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama and four former U.S. Presidents attend the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center and Museum on April 25, 2013. From left are Obama, Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama looks to see if it's still raining at a White House news conference on May 16, 2013.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama takes a photo with a sleeping boy at the White House during a Father's Day ice cream social on June 14, 2013.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Bo, one of the Obamas' dogs, hangs out in the Outer Oval Office as the President begins his day on November 6, 2013. "Each morning, the President always enters through this door rather than the direct outside door to the Oval Office," White House photographer Pete Souza said.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
100 moments from Obama's presidency
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama tosses a football in the Oval Office on January 6, 2014.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama greets locals in Phoenix after touring a model home of a nonprofit's housing development on January 8, 2014.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama works on his computer aboard Air Force One on February 19, 2014.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Aides laugh as the President swats a fly in the Oval Office on May 6, 2014.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama slides across a counter to pose with staff members at a Shake Shack restaurant in Washington on May 16, 2014. Vice President Joe Biden, lower right, also did the same. "The President normally does a group photo with restaurant staff when he stops for lunch or dinner," White House Photographer Pete Souza said.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
100 moments from Obama's presidency
100 moments from Obama's presidency
Obama tries out a driving simulator July 15, 2014, as he tours the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center in McLean, Virginia. The simulator was meant to demonstrate the types of "smart" vehicles being developed at the center.
100 moments from Obama's presidency
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