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April 22, 2009 06:00 AM

The first 100 days of the Obama Presidency

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President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., January 21, 2009. (Chuck Kennedy/MCT)
President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., January 21, 2009. (Chuck Kennedy/MCT) MCT
President Barack Obama greets Marines at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, on Friday, February 27, 2009. (Travis Long/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT)
President Barack Obama greets Marines at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, on Friday, February 27, 2009. (Travis Long/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT) MCT
President Barack Obama addresses a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 24, 2009. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Pool/MCT)
President Barack Obama addresses a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 24, 2009. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Pool/MCT) AP
President Barack Obama meets with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, at the Oval Office, Wednesday, March 11, 2009, in Washington, D.C. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
President Barack Obama meets with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, at the Oval Office, Wednesday, March 11, 2009, in Washington, D.C. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune/MCT) MCT
President Barack Obama leaves the White House on Marine One to head out to Andrews Air Force Base where he will take Air Force One to California, March 18, 2009. The President is accompanied by his economic team from left, Christina Romer, Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
President Barack Obama leaves the White House on Marine One to head out to Andrews Air Force Base where he will take Air Force One to California, March 18, 2009. The President is accompanied by his economic team from left, Christina Romer, Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune/MCT) MCT
President Barack Obama has held several town hall meetings after his inauguration. Here he speaks at the Orange County Fair and Event center, March 18, 2009, in Costa Mesa, California. (Leonard Ortiz/Orange County Register/MCT)
President Barack Obama has held several town hall meetings after his inauguration. Here he speaks at the Orange County Fair and Event center, March 18, 2009, in Costa Mesa, California. (Leonard Ortiz/Orange County Register/MCT) MCT
President Barack Obama speaks during a prime time press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, March 24, 2009. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
President Barack Obama speaks during a prime time press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, March 24, 2009. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT) MCT
President Barack Obama signs the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 at the White House March 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The bill designates certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
President Barack Obama signs the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 at the White House March 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The bill designates certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT) MCT
On his first foreign trip since becoming President, President Barack Obama met with Fench President Nicolas Sarkozy on April 3, 2009.  (Orban Thierry/Abaca Press/MCT)
On his first foreign trip since becoming President, President Barack Obama met with Fench President Nicolas Sarkozy on April 3, 2009. (Orban Thierry/Abaca Press/MCT) MCT
U.S. President Barack Obama and Turkey's President Abdullah Gul pose for photographers before their meeting at Cankaya Palace in Ankara, Turkey, on April 6, 2009. (Firat Yurdakul/Abaca Press/MCT)
U.S. President Barack Obama and Turkey's President Abdullah Gul pose for photographers before their meeting at Cankaya Palace in Ankara, Turkey, on April 6, 2009. (Firat Yurdakul/Abaca Press/MCT) MCT
U.S. President Barack Obama, right, walks from the Oval Office of the White House with King Abdullah II of Jordan on Tuesday, April 21, 2009. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
U.S. President Barack Obama, right, walks from the Oval Office of the White House with King Abdullah II of Jordan on Tuesday, April 21, 2009. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune/MCT) MCT
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