Photos: Inside the Obama White House May 23rd, 2010

President Barack Obama boards Air Force One, prior to departure from Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Ga., March 2, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



(Insert inappropriate, yet funny, joke about the direction in which Mr. Lincoln's eyes are focused here: __________________ )
President Barack Obama talks with Mona Sutphen, deputy chief of staff for policy, in the Oval Office, March 5, 2010. A bust of Abraham Lincoln is in the foreground. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



Bo, the Obama family dog, pauses for a moment in the Rose Garden of the White House, March 3, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)



Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talks with National Security Advisor Gen. James Jones in the Oval Office, March 8, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



Attempting to do the Mr. Spock thing, and failing miserably.
President Barack Obama high fives with Jared Bernstein, economic policy adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, following the Economic Daily Briefing in the Oval Office, March 9, 2010. Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag is seen at right. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

And look! Orszag is ACTUALLY EATING an apple! I wondered if anyone ever ate those things!


In all seriousness, the President genuinely seems happy to see President Preval WALKING through that door.
President Barack Obama and President Rene Preval of Haiti meet in the Oval Office, March 10, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



He's cute, but even *I* would not name my child Barack.
President Barack Obama greets a boy, whose first name is also Barack, following the President's remarks on health care at the University of Iowa Field House in Iowa City, Iowa, March 25, 2010. The President spoke about health insurance reform and how it will impact families and small businesses. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



For the record, this was BEFORE the oil rig explosion.
President Barack Obama, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Senior Advisor David Axelrod, and personal aide Reggie Love, check on the score of a NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament game in the Outer Oval Office, March 20, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



Note: This woman has NOT just seen Rand Paul.
A young woman reacts after seeing President Barack Obama, during his visit to Prairie Lights, an independent bookstore in Iowa City, Iowa, March 25, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)



As is typical with many Muslim fundamentalists like the President, he takes time out to observe Passover with 20 of his closest Jewish friends.
President Barack Obama marks the beginning of Passover with a Seder with friends and staff in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House, March 29, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama travels aboard Air Force One en route to Afghanistan, March 27, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



(The Vice President was still in the middle of his post-BFD "no talking" time-out period.)
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with advisors for a health care implementation meeting in the Oval Office, March 30, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama and French President Nicholas Sarkozy talk on the South Lawn sidewalk following their private dinner in the White House Residence, March 30, 2010. An interpreter stands with them. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama surprises personal secretary Katie Johnson with a birthday gift in the Outer Oval Office, March 26, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)




Posting this one solely to feed my cherry blossom fetish.
Bo, the Obama family dog, stands in the Rose Garden of the White House, March 31, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)




There was at least one Palin supporter in the audience.
A girl covers her ears as the audience applauds President Barack Obama, during his remarks on health insurance reform at the Portland Expo Center in Portland, Maine, April 1, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



On the off chance you thought he didn't practice....
President Barack Obama practices his pitching form with personal aide Reggie Love and Jake Levine in the Rose Garden of the White House, March 31, 2010. The President threw out the ceremonial first pitch on opening day of the baseball season prior to the game between the Washington Nationals and the Philadelphia Phillies.




President Barack Obama warms up before throwing out the ceremonial first pitch on opening day of baseball season at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., April 5, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama signs a baseball after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch on opening day of baseball season at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., April 5, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



White House Trip Director Marvin Nicholson, left, reads a book on lithium-ion batteries, while riding in the support vehicle from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, en route to the White House, April 2, 2010. Jeffrey Kueter, a White House physician, is seated at right. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama prays with Christian leaders in the Blue Room of the White House, prior to the Easter Prayer Breakfast, April 6, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama walks to an outdoor meeting with, from left, Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor, Dan Pfeiffer, communications director, Jim Messina, deputy chief of staff, and Bob Bauer, counsel to the President, in the Rose Garden of the White House, April 6, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)




Photographic evidence of Rahm ruining the lives of progressives everywhere. You know, controlling the President by his sheer will and all.
President Barack Obama talks with Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in the East Garden Room of the White House, prior to the screening of the film "Nuclear Tipping Point" in the Family Theater, April 6, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama signs a bill in the Oval Office, April 7, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama listens during a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel at Blair House in Washington, D.C., before a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India, April, 11, 2010. (Official White House photo by Pete Souza)



" A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms, enthusiasms... What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy? Baseball! A man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part of a team. Teamwork... Looks, throws, catches, hustles. Part of one big team. Bats himself the live-long day, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and so on. If his team don't field... what is he? You follow me? No one. Sunny day, the stands are full of fans. What does he have to say? I'm goin' out there for myself. But... I get nowhere unless the team wins."
President Barack Obama speaks during a working dinner for Heads of Delegation at the Nuclear Security Summit in the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., April 12, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



"Ok, you side with us on the sanctions thing, we'll look the other way if you want to sell them anti-aircraft systems. Deal?"
President Barack Obama speaks with, from left, President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, during the second plenary session of the Nuclear Security Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., April 13, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)


President Barack Obama talks with Prime Minister Mohammed Najib Abdul Razak of Malaysia, following a bilateral meeting during the Nuclear Security Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., April 12, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



First Lady Michelle Obama greets children at Children's Place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 13, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton)



First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden tour earthquake damage in Port Au-Prince, Haiti, along with Haitian President Rene Preval, and Elisabeth Delatour Preval, the First Lady of Haiti, April 13, 2010. The damaged presidential palace is seen in the background. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton)



And NOW you have a friend in a HIGH place Garth .... no whiskey or beer here though. Sorry.
President Barack Obama hugs country music artist Garth Brooks in a West Wing hallway at the White House, April 14, 2010. The President was presented with the 2007 Grammy Award for best spoken word album for his book "The Audacity of Hope" (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



DUDE! Seriously! Go take a NAP! .... for like an hour and a half! We WONT mind!
President Barack Obama meets with senior advisors in the Oval Office, April 14, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



First Lady Michelle Obama greets children during her visit to a school, Escuela Siete de Enero, in Mexico City, Mexico, April 14, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton)



Posting this on the off chance that there was someone else who'd read "Renegade" and wondered what in the heck Pete Rouse looks like.
President Barack Obama delivers a birthday present to Senior Advisor Pete Rouse in his West Wing Office at the White House, April 15, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



"Obamanaut" ... it's the new "cheerleader."
President Barack Obama is given an "I'm an Obamanaut" bumper sticker at NASA operations at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., April 15, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



Gotta love that Michelle! She is not the jealous type, even if you have her husband's face on your bum, she will STILL give you a hug.
First Lady Michelle Obama hugs a woman working at New Roots Community Farm in San Diego, Calif., April 15, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)




President Barack Obama waits backstage as he is introduced during a reception for Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, Calif., April 19, 2010. Former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair, and Sen. Boxer are onstage. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama participates in a health care implementation meeting in the Oval Office, April 21, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



First Lady Michelle Obama exercises with students and Olympic athletes during a Let's Move event at the River Terrace Elementary School in Washington, D.C., April 21, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton)



Bo, the Obama family dog, paws First Lady Michelle Obama's leg, during a "Take Your Child To Work Day" event with children of White House staff, in the East Room of the White House, April 22, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)




Sure, the Governor of AZ will gladly let these men and women go to Afghanistan, but will she allow them to pass through her state?
President Barack Obama watches as active duty service members take the United States Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, April 23, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)


President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama talk with patrons at 12 Bones restaurant in Asheville, N.C., April 23, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama have a chance encounter with other hikers while walking along a trail off the Blue Ridge Parkway outside of Asheville, N.C., April 23, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama attends a memorial service in Beckley, W.V., April 25, 2010, for 29 miners killed in an explosion at Big Branch Mine. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



Yep, STILL struggling to win support from the blue collar white voters...
President Barack Obama visits with patrons who were playing bridge in a backroom at Jerry's Family Restaurant in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, April 27, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)




First Lady Michelle Obama jokes with participants in the Wounded Warrior Soldier Ride in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, April 28, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton)



President Barack Obama greets members of the audience following his remarks at the Oakley Lindsay Center in Quincy, Ill., April 28, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



First Lady Michelle Obama gestures to Bo, the Obama family dog, on the South Lawn of the White House, April 29, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton)



President Barack Obama looks through binoculars as he tours the Secret Service's James J. Rowley Training Center in Beltsville, Md., April 30, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



"And then Palin said ...... wait ..... wait ..... hang on ... she said ...... ha ... I can't even say it it was so funny..."
President Barack Obama laughs with, from left, Senior Advisor David Axelrod, Associate Director of Speechwriting Jonathan Lovett, and Director of Speechwriting Jon Favreau, while reading a draft of his remarks for the White House Correspondents Association dinner, in the Outer Oval Office, April 30, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)






President Barack Obama leans against the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, April, 30, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Great pics. I love seeing them.

As Millard Fillmore looks on.

:thumbsup:

:patriot:

:7

I am working toward being a preschool teacher and I can just see how kids gravitate toward her.

Also, lithium-ion batteries? Fascinating reading or total nerdiness? :)

And the pic with Obama and the other world leaders at the Nuclear Security Summit was very interesting, they seemed to look to him for leadership in that pic.

.... when you work for Barack Obama. ;)