A Look Inside The Obama White House

Taking a practice putt with a golf club presented to him by golf legend Arnold Palmer prior to the signing ceremony for H.R. 1243, the Arnold Palmer Congressional Gold Medal Act (White House/Samantha Appleton)

The tumultuous first year for President Obama continues: G-20, health care, Chicago 2016's flop, the war in Afghanistan, and criticism for an award he didn't even ask for (Karl has more on that in a bit). We can imagine Obama has probably asked himself on more than one occasion recently, "Why did I want this job again?" [All photos via the White House Flickr stream]

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