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Official Obama Portrait Released

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(Jan. 14) - The Office of the President-Elect today released the new official portrait for Barack Obama, who will take the oath of office on Tuesday.
New White House photographer Pete Souza captured the image on a digital camera, a first for an official presidential portrait.
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Last week, The Smithsonian Institution museum announced it acquired the iconic red, white and blue collage of Obama with the word “Hope” appearing at the bottom. It became one of the most memorable images of the presidential race. The art will be hung at the U.S. National Portrait Gallery before the Inauguration, the museum said.
Curators at the museum also announced that the caption for the official portrait of President George W. Bush would be tweaked today.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent, had objected to wording in the caption that said Bush's time in office was "marked by a series of catastrophic events" including "the attacks on September 11, 2001, that led to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq."
In a Jan. 7 letter to the director of the National Portrait Gallery, Sanders said the notion the terrorist attacks were linked to or led to the Iraq war has been widely debunked.
Gallery Director Martin Sullivan wrote back Monday to say the label will be revised and will delete the words "led to."
Click through the photos above to see the official portraits of Obama, Bush and those of past presidents. The photos below show how presidents have aged while in office.
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2009-01-14 15:02:39
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bobamaisafraud

08:48 PMJan 22 2009

Video with Alan Keyes in an interview on Jan. 14 concerning Obama's eligibility to be president. Now, this is black man is articulate and speaks without a teleprompter. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/user/DrOrlyTV

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Spencboard

09:46 AMJan 21 2009

Khattab, I'm amazed you manage to breathe and type at the same time, your brain must be working very, very hard. Israel was simply responding to the over three-thousand rockets that came crashin down in it's backyards and swimming pools during the last year. Many people lost their children with no warning in their own beds. To say they, of all nations should be held in court is simply insane. I suggest you get back to your flag burning and swastika admiring before you realize... gasp! Hitler's dead!

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MAssistantRB

02:00 AMJan 21 2009

To Aaronutic, your racist remarks make your statement appear to be pothetic and to much like the loser you probably are. That is the reason why you will NEVER be President. Have you been called names as you were growing up? I guess so because your attitude embarks one of those. GROW UP!

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Samothrace2

12:04 PMJan 20 2009

As I recall all previous Presidents were of European descent..................

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Jrsimp61

08:02 AMJan 20 2009

America has hit a major turning point in its history; Barack Obama is the first American President to be elected who is of African & European desent. That in itself is the greatest change he could ever bring to the United States. However, there are those in his one cabinet, those closest to him, who will use him as the poster-child for change...Biden and Clinton have big plans instored for him. They are the ones who have the real political clout and power not Obama.

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Khattab33

07:38 AMJan 20 2009

REPORT THIS: ISRAEL IS A TERRORIST STATE...TOURTURE IS A WAR CRIME, BUSH N HIS GANG OF EMPTY WARHEADS SHOULD BE PROSECUTED FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.KILLING INNOCENT PALESTINES WOMEN, CHILDRE N MEN WITH U.S.A. MADE WMD. MISSILES, URANIUM DEPLETED BOMB'S, WHITE PHOSPORUS N DIRTY BOMB'S. ALL ISRAELIES ARE ANIMALS, CRIMINALS, LAND ROBBERS, N THIEF'S. TZIPI LIVNI IS A PIECE OF GARBAGE. SHE SHOULD GO TO A PRISON FOR LIFE FOR THE KILLING OF 3, 000 INNOCENT WOMEN, CHILDREN N MEN.WHERE IS THE INTERNATIONAL COURT? WHERE IS THE INTERNATIONAL OUTCRY N OUTRAGED? ALL ISRAELIES LEADERS ARE WAR CRIMINALS.

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Khattab33

07:31 AMJan 20 2009

REPORT THIS: ISRAEL IS A TERRORIST STATE, KILLING WOMEN N CHILDREN WITH U.S.A. MADE WMD. NUCLEAR BOMB'S, URANIUM DEPLETED BOMB'S N PHOSPORUS BOMB'S.WHERE IS THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY? WHERE IS THE INTERNATIONAL COURT? ISRAEL LEADERS MUST PAY FOR THE KILLING OF 1,450 INNOCENT WOMEN, CHILDREN N MEN. N 3,567 WOUNDED FOR LIFE. A WAR CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY. ALL ISRAELIES ARE ANIMALS. SPECIALLY THE PIECE OF GARBAGE OF TZIPI LIVNI (MOSSAD AGENT) I ONLY HOPE SOME ONE DO THE SAME TO HER FAMILY N CHILDREN.

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ImsI12b

07:31 PMJan 20 2009

As an artist, I proffer the observation that the ONLY portrait medium that truly captures the essence of Barack Obama is OILS.

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SunHunnyBun23

02:02 PMJan 19 2009

WOW. Ignorance must be bliss for some people in this world. I guess if President Obama was 100% white he would do?, but he is not, so live with it!! And leave the new First Lady alone, cause she way more educated then some will ever be!!!!

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JSweett30

12:34 PMJan 19 2009

AT LEAST HIS UGLY WIFE WASN'T IN IT

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