Barack Obama's First Year in the White House

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The President meets with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in the Cabinet Room after a meeting with Democratic leaders on the budget proposal. "We all know what Barack Obama looks like," says Shell. "So most of my photographs are loosely composed. I try to show more than just the President. I include what's going on around him so you can get a sense of what his job and his life are like."

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