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Army Sgt. First Class Leroy Arthur Petry, left, recipient of the Medal of Honor, shakes hands in a receiving line after being honored by the New Mexico Congressional Delegation during a ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011.
This image is remarkably similar to one we published back in July. See that post here.
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President Barack Obama shakes the prosthetic hand of U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Leroy Arthur Petry of Santa Fe, N.M., who received the Medal of Honor for his valor in Afghanistan in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, July 12, 2011. Petry lost his right hand as he tossed aside a live grenade during a 2008 firefight in Afghanistan, sparing the lives of his fellow Army Rangers.
Msnbc.com staff and news service reports:
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama bestowed a Medal of Honor on Tuesday afternoon to Army Ranger Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry, the second living soldier to receive the military's highest decoration for actions in Afghanistan.
Petry, originally from New Mexico, is among nine servicemen from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts to win the award — given for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty."
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President Barack Obama awards Sgt. First Class Petry the Medal of Honor.
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I don't know if that is a Secret Service agent in the left of this frame, but I think I know what he's thinking: "Don't touch the President."
The Daily Mail has an excellent story on Presidential security for the visits.
Full coverage of the Ireland visits.
Kevin Lamarque / Reuters
A woman puts her hands on the cheeks of U.S. President Barack Obama after he spoke at College Green in Dublin May 23. Obama sipped a pint of stout and cuddled babies on Monday as a tiny Irish village on Monday welcomed home "a long lost cousin" with an outpouring of affection. Hoisting a glass of Guinness at Ollie Hayes pub as fiddle music played, Obama thus began a four-nation tour of Europe with a celebration of his ancestral roots.
If you watched this on television today, you probably didn't see the bulletproof glass around the podium.
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US President Barack Obama speaks at a rally in College Green on May 23 in Dublin, Ireland. U.S. President Obama is visiting Ireland for one day. Earlier he met with Irish President Mary McAleese, Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland Enda Kenny and visited his ancestral home in Moneygall, County Offaly.
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A detail crop of Clinton from the Situation Room picture.
Update, May 5, 10:09 a.m.
The Secretary of State made some comments in Rome today calling the common interpretation of her expression in this picture into question. From the NBC News HOT file:
THESE REMARKS WERE MADE IN ROME THIS MORNING ABOUT THE PHOTO SNAPPED WHILE WATCHING THE OPERATION TO TAKE DOWN BIN LADEN IN THE SITUATION ROOM...THE QUESTION ASKED WAS WHAT WAS SHE THINKING AT THE TIME:
06:20:55 --Now with respect to your second question, those were 38 of the most intense minutes. I have no idea what any of us were looking at at that particular millisecond when the picture was taken. I'm somewhat sheepishly concerned that it was my preventing one of my early spring allergic coughs, so it may have no great meaning whatsoever. 06:21:18
Film at 11. . . Here's the video:
She also addressed much weightier issues. Read more: Clinton on terror: 'It does not end with one death'
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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1. Please note: a classified document seen in this photograph has been obscured.
This image is history in real time.
As the AP reported:
WASHINGTON — From halfway around the world, President Barack Obama and his national security team monitored the strike on Osama bin Laden's compound in real time, watching and listening to the firefight that killed the terrorist leader.
Gathered in the White House Situation Room, members of the group held their breath and barely spoke as they waited to see whether a carefully crafted yet extremely risky plan would succeed, said White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan. Obama had been playing golf but returned to the White House for the suspenseful watch Sunday.Related: How satellites helped get Osama.
Jason Reed / Reuters
U.S. President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Malia and Sasha tour the Christ the Redeemer Statue on Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil late on March 20.
Jason Reed / Reuters
U.S. President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Malia and Sasha tour the Christ the Redeemer Statue on Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro late on March 20.
Read more about President Obama's trip to Brazil.
Being a photographer assigned to cover the White House has to be a difficult job. I’m sometimes amazed at certain photographers’ ability to make interesting pictures day after day.
Jim Young / Reuters
President Barack Obama is reflected in the water as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington on Feb. 10, 2011.
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Supporters of President Obama wait outside Doncker's, a small diner in Marquette on Thursday.
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Supporters of President Obama cheer from inside a restaurant, as he arrives at a diner, in Marquette.
Jim Young / Reuters
The President speaks with students via teleconference at Northern Michigan University in Marquette.
There were nice photos from the ceremony for China's President Hu Jintao at the White House today. It's nice to see it from all different angles. See the full story here.
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President Barack Obama (R) and Chinese President Hu Jintao stand together at the conclusion of a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House January 19, 2011 in Washington, DC.
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President Barack Obama welcomes China's President Hu Jintao for a state arrival ceremony at the White House in Washington, on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011.
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Members of the media cover the state arrival ceremony for Chinese President Hu Jintao at the South Lawn of the White House on January 19, 2011 in Washington, DC.
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