Barack Obama

US President Barack Obama returns to the White House after a two-day trip to the gulf coast, shortly before giving his first national address from the Oval Office to confront the gulf oil crisis, in Washington on June 15, 2010. UPI/Jim Lo Scalzo/POOL

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Russian Federation President Dmitry Medvedev (L) eat cheeseburgers and fries at Ray's Hell Burger in Arlington, Virginia, during the Russian president's visit to Washington on June 24, 2010. UPI/Alex Volgin

U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Iran Sanctions Bill, as (L to R) Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner look on, signs the Iran Sanctions Bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington on July 1, 2010. UPI/Alexis C. Glenn

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu (L) during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on July 6, 2010 in Washington, DC. The two leaders spoke to reporters and are scheduled to participate in a working lunch. UPI/Mark Wilson/Pool

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and their daughters Sasha and Malia play with their new dog, Bo, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on April 14, 2009. Bo, a Portuguese water dog, was a gift to the Obama's from Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA). UPI/Kevin Dietsch

U. S. President Barack Obama waves as he arrives at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new lithium-ion battery plant in Holland, Michigan on July 15, 2010. The $303 million facility run by LG Chem and Compact Power, Inc. is scheduled for completion in 2012 and is partially financed by a $151.4 million grant from the federal government as part of the stimulus package. UPI/Brian Kersey

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev walk from the White House on their way to the U.S. Chamber of Congress to discuss trade issues after their meeting in Washington on June 24, 2010. UPI/Alex Volgin

U.S. President Barack Obama is greeted by Mayor David Camardelle (R) of Grand Isle and Chris Camardelle (L) during a visit to Grand Isle, Louisiana, June 4, 2010. This is President Obama's third visit to the State of Louisiana since the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico. UPI/Win McNamee/Pool