Photos: Inside the Obama White House - June 2010

[Clio the Leo]

President Barack Obama, at left, eats boiled seafood with residents at Carmandelle's Live Bait and Boiled Seafood in Grand Isle, La., June 4, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama gestures during a meeting on the response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, at the Tarmac Field House at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans, La., June 4, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama greets residents in Grand Isle, La., June 4, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama adjusts Dick Van Dyke's tie during the Ford's Theatre reception in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Sunday, June 6, 2010. (Official White House photo by Pete Souza)



Reggie Love, President Barack Obama's personal aide, hits the water at a dunking booth setup during the Congressional picnic on the South Lawn of the White House, June 8, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)




President Barack Obama knocks as he enters Larry Summers' office in the West Wing of the White House, June 8, 2010. Summers is Director of the National Economic Council. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama prepares to throw a football to personal aide Reggie Love in the Rose Garden of the White House, June 8, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)




President Barack Obama greets guests at the Congressional picnic on the South Lawn of the White House, June 8, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)




President Barack Obama talks with kids from the Children's Miracle Network in the East Room of the White House, June 9, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama is briefed about the ongoing response to the BP oil spill by, from left, Carol Browner, assistant to the President for energy and climate change, National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen, and Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, aboard Air Force One en route to the Gulf Coast, June 14, 2010. (Official White House photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama sips an iced tea while talking to patrons at Tacky Jack's, a seafood restaurant in Orange Beach, Ala., during his tour of the Gulf Coast, June 14, 2010. This was the President's fourth trip to the Gulf Coast to assess the ongoing response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)


At random times, you're reminded as to just why THIS President is important to so many people. This photo is one of those moments .... see if you can spot it.



President Barack Obama reworks his address to the nation regarding the BP oil spill with, from left, Carol Browner, assistant to the President for energy and climate change, Senior Advisor David Axelrod, and Director of Speechwriting Jon Favreau, in the Outer Oval Office, June 15, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist talk while walking along the beach near the Pensacola Gulf Pier in Pensacola, Fla., June 15, 2010. This was the President's fourth trip to the Gulf Coast to assess the ongoing response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)



Audience members listen as President Barack Obama delivers remarks during an event with military personnel at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla., June 15, 2010. This was the President's fourth trip to the Gulf Coast to assess the ongoing response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)








President Barack Obama and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel walk across the Rose Garden of the White House following the Economic Daily Briefing, which was held outdoors, June 17, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama greets baseball fans during a Washington Nationals vs. Chicago White Sox baseball game at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., June 18, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama enters the ground floor West Wing entrance of the White House, after returning from an event at THEARC in Washington, D.C., June 21, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama looks out a window in the Oval Office, June 23, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)


President Barack Obama talks with Vice President Joe Biden in the Red Room of the White House, June 22, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have lunch at Ray's Hell Burger in Arlington, Va., June 24, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)





"See, they put wire for secret taping here..." "Ah! Yes! Zat is BREELYANT!"
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev jokes with French President Nicolas Sarkozy about his suit jacket, before a working lunch at the G8 Summit in Muskoka, Canada, June 25, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)


President Barack Obama shows his BlackBerry to, from left, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, before a meeting with African Outreach Leaders at the G8 Summit in Muskoka, Canada, June 25, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama greets South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak during their bilateral meeting at the G20 Summit in Toronto, Canada, Saturday, June 26, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama watches the U.S. vs. Ghana World Cup Soccer game before a meeting at the G20 Summit in Toronto, Canada, Saturday, June 26, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



People react as President Barack Obama and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel ride an escalator en route to a press conference during the G20 Summit in Toronto, Canada, Sunday, June 27, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)





Framed through two flags, President Barack Obama takes questions during a press conference at the G20 Summit in Toronto, Canada, Sunday, June 27, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



First Lady Michelle Obama hosts First Lady Svetlana Medvedeva of Russia, right, on the Truman Balcony of the White House, June 24, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)



Bo, the Obama family dog, runs on the South Lawn of the White House, June, 28 2010. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)



Posting this one because you NEVER see him in a light colored suit. Must not have had any public events that day.
President Barack Obama walks with Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, and Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, along the Colonnade of the White House, June 28, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)




The obligatory "holding hands with King Abdullah" photo. #tradition
President Barack Obama walks with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, and members of the Saudi delegation, toward the South Lawn Driveway, prior to the King's departure from the White House, June 29, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama greets people at an all appointee event on the South Lawn of the White House, June 29, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama greets people following his remarks on the economy at Racine Memorial Hall in Racine, Wisc., June 30, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)



President Barack Obama and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel walk along the South Lawn Drive of the White House, June 30, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)




President Barack Obama is briefed on response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, during a meeting in the Rose Garden of the White House, June 17, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

[MannyGoldstein]

1. Maybe Obama could visit a homeless shelter?

And put some faces on his economic policies.

[asdjrocky]

2. Or place some kind of moratorium on foreclosures so the people on my block don't keep

losing their homes?

[ProSense]

3. This

policy

The carefully targeted investments in the Budget will enable HUD programs to:

• House over 2.3 million families in public and assisted housing (over 58% elderly or disabled);
  
  
• Provide voucher assistance to 78,000 additional families (over 47% elderly or disabled);
  
  
• Assist nearly 5.5 million households, over 200,000 more than at the end of fiscal year 2009.
  
  
• More than double the annual rate at which HUD assistance creates new permanent supportive housing for the homeless;
  
  
• Create and retain over 112,000 jobs through the Department’s housing and economic development investments in communities across the country.

<...>

The Budget reflects a strong administration commitment to preventing and ending homelessness. To support implementation of the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act signed into law last year by President Obama, the Budget proposes a nearly $200 million increase in homeless assistance funding compared to fiscal year 2010 to increase investment in evidence-based practices, support the shift of local homeless assistance systems to a performance-based orientation, and to better meet the unique needs of rural communities. These investments in prevention will create long term savings in the costs of caring for the homeless. HUD has requested $2.055 billion for Homeless Assistance Grants in its FY2011 budget. $107 million of the new funding would focus on providing up to 10,000 new units of permanent housing for homeless families and individuals and implementing a new rural homelessness program.

<...>

Or this one?

[Phx_Dem]

32. He's served food at homeless shelters on several occassions along

with his wife, kids and mother-in-law. He's also helped paint a Habitat home.

Any other brilliant ideas?

[godai]

4. Let's see...You can please some of the people, all of the time...

Great set of photos. All we get from the MSM is doom and gloom as to Obama's accomplishments. And, the first comments here just ask for more. Maybe thoughts of a President Palin will bring a bit more respect for Obama's strengths.

[jaysunb]

8. Are you kidding me ?

A President Palin is just what some of these people need. Imagine the amount of time and opportunity they'd have to bitch and wail....if they hadn't been arrested yet. :evilfrown:

[blue neen]

5. I loved the picture in Racine.

Great photos! :)

[Skittles]

6. my favorite

[Clio the Leo]

9. Look at the little McChrystal in training standing there with his arms crossed. nt

[Skittles]

10. you never know

sometimes folk are appointed to make sure they stay in line :)

[onehandle]

7. Love the boiled shellfish. Hate the light colored suit.

Makes him look like he wants to sell me a mattress.

[Control-Z]

11. Anyone notice?

Not a single infant or child was crying out of fear in any of those pics. Such a contrast to the reaction the scary man who stole the office for 8 years got from the young and innocent. Children just know.

[Clio the Leo]

13. I've only ever seen ONE baby crying at the President...

... and I saw one on the campaign who cried ... WHEN HE HANDED HER BACK TO HER MOTHER! lol

[Control-Z]

23. Of which president do you speak?

I'm assuming it's Obama, and I missed the only ONE. If it is Bush, then you missed a whole slew of them (not to mention disgruntled animals). Lol

[Clio the Leo]

27. lol, THE President, THE one we have now.

[Control-Z]

33. Oh, THE president!!

:) Sorry, but around here lately it is not always a given anymore.

Thanks!! (Love the pic. Hadn't seen that one. It's got me giggling out loud.)

[Clio the Leo]

34. lol, "around here"

..... well, Dennis Kucinich and Michael Moore aren't the President either. ;-)

[Tarheel_Dem]

12. Okay Clio, I give up. What am I missing? And great collection, btw.

[Clio the Leo]

14. The child on the far left of the photo...

.... being held by his mother (I presume.) ..... the little boy is mixed.

The mother was probably told, as I was often told, that you shouldn't date outside of your race "because you have to think of how the children will be treated."

Well ... one of those children was elected President of the United States.

The only thing sweeter than revenge is redemption. ;-)

[Tarheel_Dem]

16. That's so weird, I didn't even notice. Interracial marriage/dating is so...

commonplace in my family, I didn't even notice. I have the most gorgeous nieces and nephews you've ever clapped eyes on (I'm a little prejudiced). Black/Hispanic, Black/Native American, Black/Caucasian, etc. We are the Rainbow Coalition. :rofl:

[GiveMeFreedom]

15. The Child on the Left,

Think of Obama's parents, then you can see the magic.

[nilram]

17. Angela Merkel looks like she's afraid the blackberry will jump up and try to give her a massage

But she should know the blackberry is not so boorish that it would even think that.

[LeftyAndProud60]

18. that brownish suit is nice. I want one. NT

[shireen]

19. Michelle's dress ...

i just love her sense of style!

[saracat]

20. Gee, Rahm seems to go everywhere with the Prez. The Prez is awfully fond of him.

[Clio the Leo]

28. I know, you'd think Rahm worked for the President or something.

.... dirty old Obama, he's such a Rahm hanger-arounder!

[saracat]

30. That was my Point. Rahm works for the President. Some miss that point.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

21. Thanks, Clio

Exceptionally nice batch.

[LeftyAndProud60]

22. Did Joe BIden shrink? He looks shorter than Obama now. NT

[Clio the Leo]

29. Nah, he's just turned into the President a bit...

... must have been talking about something confidential.

Here's a pic of them from Byrd's funeral ... 7/2

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[lunatica]

25. Spoken like a true Democrat

Insulting DUers on Democratic Underground is so classy
:sarcasm:

[a kennedy]

26. Love these......

thank you for posting.

[kjackson227]

31. thanks for the great pics :)

[Kahuna]

35. Our Prez is the new king of cool. And oh yeah, the kids still love Obama..

:yourock:

[goclark]

36. Love this thread ~ it speaks volumes ~ what a President!

He is a man of the people.

When Babies love you that's a clue.

Fantastic thread

[Whisp]

37. great photos, thankyou! He is a deservedly loved man.

just look at some of those faces when they see him.

This is the President we know, not the corporate shill that the fucking whingers see him as. The whining Mary Maitlin types who are Never Happy Campers, moan, piss, piss, moan.

the people that speak like this one does: