Obama retrospective
Partygoers react with emotion as Barack Obama takes the stage to speak at the Chicago Hyatt on the evening of the Illinois Primary.
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President-elect Barack Obama walks on stage to deliver his victory speech at his election night party at Grant Park in Chicago.
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President George W. Bush makes remarks on the economic crisis during a meeting with bipartisan and bicameral members of congress including the Presidential candidates Republican John McCain and Barack Obama in the Cabinet Room.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama looks at Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain during the presidential debate on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y.
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Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama waves to the crowd after ending his speech at the Democratic National Convention at Invesco Field in Denver on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.
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This photo provided by the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama shows Obama in 1979 during his high school graduation in Hawaii with his grandmother Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham.
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Supporters listen to Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama at the Victory Column in Berlin on Thursday, July 24, 2008.
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Lakeisha Chestnut of Birmingham, Ala. weeps as Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama gives his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention at Invesco Field at Mile High in Denver Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.
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Democratic Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill. climbs the stairs to the stage at a campaign rally on Friday, Jan. 4, 2008, in Portsmouth, N.H.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama is covered in hands as supporters surround him after his primary election night speech in St Paul, Minn. Tuesday, June 3, 2008.
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President-elect Barack Obama and his family walk on stage during his election night party at Grant Park in Chicago,
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This undated photo provided by the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama shows the Democratic presidential hopeful, Obama, in New York City, while a student at Columbia University. Obama received his B.A. degree in political science in 1983.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama campaigns on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008, in Davenport, Iowa.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, left, talks with Sen. Edward Kennedy as fellow presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands upon their arrival for President Bush's State of the Union address.
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President-elect Barack Obama, left, his wife Michelle Obama, right, and two daughters, Malia, 7, and Sasha, 10, walk on stage at the election night rally in Chicago.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama arrives for a rally in Des Monies, Iowa on Tuesday, May 20, 2008, with his wife Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia.
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Fireworks explode at the end of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's acceptance speech on the final day of the Democratic National Convention at Invesco Field in Denver on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.
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Maine delegates Emily Miles, left, of Bangor, Maine and Craig Hickman, of Winthrop, Maine hold Barack Obama posters and American flags in the stands at Invesco Field at Mile High for the final day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008 in Denver.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, with his wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha, greet Bruce Springsteen at an outdoor rally in Cleveland, Ohio on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008.
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Bitter cold temperatures didn't stop thousands of supporters from coming to the Old State Capitol Building in Springfield to hear Senator Barack Obama announce his bid for the presidency.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama and Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden look at the fireworks at the conclusion of Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention at Invesco Field in Denver.
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Thousands of supporters packed the grounds of the Old State Capitol Building in Springfield to hear Senator Barack Obama announce his bid for the presidency.
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Barack Obama makes his keynote address to the Democratic National Convention at the Fleet Center in Boston on July 27, 2004.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama waves as he arrives at the Victory Column in Berlin on Thursday, July 24, 2008.
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Senator Barack Obama greets the crowd at U.S. Cellular Field before throwing out the first pitch for game two of the 2005 World Series.
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A coffee cup signed for a customer by Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama sits on a table at Dunkin' Donuts on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008 in Manchester, N.H.
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Illinois Senator Barack Obama gestures while speaking to the African American Caucus meeting assembled at the Sheraton in downtown Boston during the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
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From left to right, Democratic presidential hopefuls former Sen. John Edwards, Sen. Barack Obama, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Joseph Biden, and Sen. Christopher Dodd, are seen before a Des Moines presidential debate.
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The January 14, 2008 issue of Newsweek: 'Our time for change has come.' Politics 2008: Inside Obama's dream machine - historic Iowa win, his wife's role and the measure of America's progress.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama shoots the ball as President of Elkhart city counsel Rod Roberson, left, looks on at Riverview Elementary School in Elkhart, Ind. on Sunday, May 4, 2008.
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In this May 5, 2008 file photo, democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. addresses supporters in rain at a rally in Indianapolis.
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Barack Obama waves at the upper deck at the 2008 Democratic National Convention at Invesco Field in Denver.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee member and Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama listens to testimony during the confirmation hearing for Deputy Secretary of State-designate John Negroponte on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 30, 2007.
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Barack Obama makes a surprise entrance on stage with Joe Biden at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama speaks at a campaign stop on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008, in Sioux City, Iowa.
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Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton looks at Sen. Barack Obama after they arrived for a Democratic debate at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama talks on the phone as he gets on his campaign charter at Midway International Airport in Chicago on Wednesday, May 7, 2008.
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Barack Obama leaves the stage with his wife Michelle after making his keynote address to the Democratic National Convention at the Fleet Center in Boston on July 27, 2004.
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John Lestarge of Elmwood Park has his picture taken with U. S. Senator Barack Obama as he autographs his book "The Audacity of Hope" at Borders Book Store in Chicago.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama speaks at a rally on Tuesday, May 20, 2008, in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama addresses a rally in Rodney Square in Wilmington, Del. on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008.
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Illinois Senate President Emil Jones, left, and then Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, confer while on the Senate floor during a session at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. on July 1, 2004.
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Barack Obama reaches out to admirers while visiting Boston for the Democratic National Convention on July 26, 2004.
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