Washington Photo Blog: Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009

A portrait of President Barack Obama at the Dr. Martin Luther King Charter School in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Brooks Kraft / Corbis for TIME

Portrait

A portrait of President Barack Obama at the Dr. Martin Luther King Charter School in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana.

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