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Barack Hussein Obama II (born Aug. 4, 1961) is the 44th President of the United States. He is the first African-American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States senator from Illinois.

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File-In this May 2007 file photo U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, is seen during a news conference in Baghdad. Gurangus, the commanding Marine general in one of Afghanistan's hardest-fought regions said Friday he is seeing big improvements in the vetting of Afghan recruits to the country's security forces following attacks by Afghan soldiers on their NATO partners. Gurganus told reporters at Camp Pendleton in California in a teleconference call from Afghanistan that he believes Afghan forces will take the lead in securing Helmand Province by this fall — faster than expected. (AP Photo/Ali Abbas, Pool,File)

US general: Afghanistan better vetting recruits

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This image provided by NASA-TV shows the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft, top, as Dragon approaches the International Space Station, and Expedition 31 Flight Engineers Don Pettit and Andre Kuipers use the Canadarm2 robotic arm to grapple the supply ship Friday, May 25, 2012. Dragon is scheduled to spend about a week docked with the station before returning to Earth on May 31 for retrieval. (AP Photo/NASA)

Dragon makes history with space station docking

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Director Bernard-Henry Levy, left, arrives for the screening of The Oath of Tobruk at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

Breeze of Arab Spring felt on Cannes red carpet

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Director Bernard-Henry Levy poses during a photo call for The Oath of Tobruk at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Breeze of Arab Spring felt on Cannes red carpet

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Director Bernard-Henry Levy, left, and an unidentified person wearing a Syrian flag pose during a photo call for The Oath of Tobruk at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Breeze of Arab Spring felt on Cannes red carpet

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Director Bernard-Henry Levy, centre, flanked by two unidentified persons wearing Syrian flags pose during a photo call for The Oath of Tobruk at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Breeze of Arab Spring felt on Cannes red carpet

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President Barack Obama waves to supporters after speaking at the TPI Composites Factory, a manufacturer of wind turbine blades, Thursday, May 24, 2012, in Newton, Iowa. In Obama’s second visit as president to Newton, a city of about 15,000 east of Des Moines, he argued for Congress to renew wind energy tax credits. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Broadway stars prepare to welcome President Obama

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This image provided by NASA-TV shows the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft, top, after Dragon was grappled by the Canadarm2 robotic arm and connected to the International Space Station, Friday, May 25, 2012. Dragon is scheduled to spend about a week docked with the station before returning to Earth on May 31 for retrieval. (AP Photo/NASA)

Dragon arrives at space station in historic 1st

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