Morehouse College alumni listen to President Barack Obama deliver his address under heavy rain at the school's 129th Commencement ceremony, May 19, in Atlanta.

Graduate Leland Shelton is congratulated as he is acknowledged by President Obama during the commencement address at Morehouse College. After a difficult childhood, Shelton is graduating Phi Beta Kappa and is on his way to Harvard Law School.

Graduates of the class of 2013 cheer during the commencement address.

U.S. President Barack Obama and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas walk in the Church of the Nativity during their visit to the West Bank city of Bethlehem on March 22, 2013.

Obama meets Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III (3rd left) during a tour of the Church of the Nativity.

Obama tours the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, alongside Avner Shalev (right), Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Obama pays his respects in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem after Marines laid a wreath on his behalf.

Obama listens to Netanyahu during their visit to the Children's Memorial at Yad Vashem.

Obama walks with Rabbi Israel Meir Lau in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem.

Left to right, Israeli President Shimon Peres, President Barack Obama, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stand during the welcoming ceremony at Ben Gurion airport, Tel Aviv, on March 20. Air Force One touched down at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, marking the start of Obama's first visit to Israel.

President Barack Obama, center, shakes hands with Israeli children as he is welcomed by Israeli President Shimon Peres, right, in Jerusalem, on March 20.

President Barack Obama and Israel's President Shimon Peres plant a magnolia tree from the White House, at Peres' residence in Jerusalem, on March 20.

President Barack Obama, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu view an Iron Dome missile defense battery at Ben Gurion International Airport Airport in Tel Aviv, on March 20. Obama said at the start of his first official visit to Israel on Wednesday that the U.S. commitment to the security of the Jewish state was rock solid and that peace must come to the Holy Land.

U.S. Army helicopters escort President Barack Obama's Marine One helicopter (not seen), as it departs from Ben Gurion Airport on March 20, near Tel Aviv.

President Barack Obama walks in the garden of Israel's President Shimon Peres, left, in Jerusalem on March 20.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, left to right, President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner attend the unveiling of a statue of Rosa Parks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 27, 2013. Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus in segregated Montgomery, Ala., on Dec. 1, 1955. Parks' act of defiance and the subsequent Montgomery Bus Boycott became important symbols of the modern civil rights movement.

President Obama looks through a magnifying glass while visiting a classroom in Decatur, Ga.

President Obama plays a game in a preschool classroom at an early childhood learning center in Decatur, Ga., on Feb. 14. Obama flew to Georgia to push his plan to ensure high-quality preschool, unveiled during his State of the Union address this week.

President Obama high-fives with a child.

Colin Romesha, the son of Medal of Honor recipient Clinton Romesha, peeks around the corner of President Barack Obama's lectern before a presentation ceremony at the White House Feb. 11, in Washington, D.C. Romesha received the Medal of Honor for actions during combat operations against an armed enemy at Combat Outpost Keating, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan on October 3, 2009.

A group of people on the National Mall react as President Barack Obama is ceremonially sworn in for a second term as the 44th President of the United States in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21.

Quinnette Ellis from Tampa Bay, Fla., stands with flags near the U.S. Capitol building on the National Mall after the Inauguration ceremony on Jan. 21 in Washington, D.C.

People cheer on the National Mall during the ceremonial swearing-in ceremonies on the West front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21.

Spectators react on the National Mall during the 57th inauguration ceremony for President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on the West front of the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21.

Flags fly as the crowd on the National Mall cheers during inauguration ceremonies on Jan. 21.

Gustavo Cinfuentes, left, and Greg Josken listen as President Barack Obama speaks during his public swearing-in ceremony as they stand on the National Mall during the Inauguration ceremony on Jan. 21 in Washington, D.C.

Revelers celebrate in front of the Washington Monument near the U.S. Capitol building on the National Mall while attending the public inauguration ceremony on Jan. 21 in Washington, D.C.

People gather near the U.S. Capitol building on the National Mall while attending the public inauguration ceremony on Jan. 21 in Washington, D.C.

Spectators arrive for the inauguration ceremonies of President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C, on Jan. 21.

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts administers the oath of office to President Barack Obama as first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha look on during ceremonies on the West front of the U.S Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 21.

Vice President Joe Biden is sworn-in as his wife Jill holds the Biden Family Bible during the 57th Presidential Inauguration ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 21.

President Barack Obama speaks after taking the oath of office at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 21 in Washington, D.C.