Images: Obama’s Midwest Bus Tour
President Barack Obama stands in the front of his bus as he leaves a town hall meeting at Wyffels Hybrids Inc. seed company, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, in Atkinson, Ill.
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President Barack greets people in downtown Decorah, Iowa, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011.
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President Barack Obama waves as he leaves a town hall meeting at Wyffels Hybrids Inc. seed company, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, in Atkinson, Ill.
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Residents of Atkinson, Ill., line up on Illinois Route 6 to show support for President Barack Obama on Wednesday Aug. 17, 2011, in Atkinson, Ill.
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President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting at Wyffels Hybrids Inc. seed company, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, in Atkinson, Ill.
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Construction continues on the new fire station being built Wednesday Aug. 17, 2011, in Atkinson, Ill. The construction job, which won a $1.3 million grant, is testament to the stimulus plan the Obama administration hoped would rescue the nations economy.
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President Barack Obama stops for breakfast with small business owners at Rauschs Cafe in Guttenberg, Iowa, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011.
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President Barack Obama visits the Whiteside County Fair during livestock judging, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, in Morrison, Ill.
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President Barack Obama visits with owner Kimberly Collier, third from left, and members of her family at Grasshoppers antique and gift shop, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, in LeClaire, Iowa.
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President Barack Obama greets audience members during a town hall meeting, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, at Wyffels Hybrids Inc., in Atkinson, Ill.
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President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting at Wyffels Hybrids Inc., seed company, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, in Atkinson, Ill.
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President Barack Obama boards his bus after visiting Maquoketa High School, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, in Maquoketa, Iowa.
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President Barack Obama arrives at a town hall meeting, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, at Wyffels Hybrids Inc., in Atkinson, Ill.
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President Barack Obama pauses to listen to questions during a town hall meeting, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, at the Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa.
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President Barack Obama speaks during a Rural Economic Forum, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, at Northeast Iowa Community College in Peosta, Iowa.
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President Barack Obama poses for a photo with summer school kids, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, in Chatfield, Minn.
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Ryan Rhodes, right, and another member of the Iowa Tea Party Revolution, speak to President Barack Obama at a town hall meeting, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, at the Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa.
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President Barack Obama speaks during the Rural Economic Forum, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, at Northeast Iowa Community College in Peosta, Iowa.
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President Barack Obama tosses a bag of popcorn to the media after visiting Kernel Codys Pop Corn Shoppe, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, in LeClaire, Iowa.
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President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting at Seed Savers Exchange, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, in Decorah, Iowa.
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President Barack Obama visits the Maquoketa High School girls volleyball team, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, in Maquoketa, Iowa.
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President Barack Obama visits Maquoketa High School students, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, in Maquoketa, Iowa.
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President Barack Obama arrives to speak at a Rural Economic Forum, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, at Northeast Iowa Community College in Peosta, Iowa.
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President Barack Obama walks with Sen. Al Franken, left, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, center, and others, upon his arrival at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in St. Paul, Minn.
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President Barack Obama talks with a patron as he visits The Coffee Mill Restaurant, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, in Zumbrota, Minn.
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President Barack Obama jogs down an incline on his way to a town hall event at Lower Hannahs Bend Park in Cannon Falls, Minn., Monday, Aug. 15, 2011.
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President Barack Obama visits a little girl and her computer as he stops at The Coffee Mill Restaurant, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, in Zumbrota, Minn.
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President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, for a three-day bus tour through Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois.
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President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting at Lower Hannahs Bend Park in Cannon Falls, Minn.,Monday, Aug. 15, 2011.
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President Barack Obama visits summer school kids, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, in Chatfield, Minn., outside the George H. Potter Auditorium .
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