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[yahoonewsphotos]

Barack Obama: A presidency in pictures

Barack Obama has reached the end of his consequential eight-year presidency. As the nation's first African-American commander in chief and his wife prepare to leave the White House behind, Yahoo News takes you through his two terms — the exultation over the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, the heartbreak of the massacre of children in Newtown, Conn., the tumultuous implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the controversial Iran nuclear deal, the outreach to Cuba, and many other signal moments and policies.

There are also many quiet, behind-the-scenes snapshots, family time with first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia, and the unforgettable photo of the little boy who asked to touch the president's hair. Through triumph and tragedy, these are some of the moments that exemplified the Obama era. (Olivier Knox/Yahoo News)

(Photos: Pete Souza/The White House[2], Larry Downing/Reuters, Pete Souza/The White House[2], John Gress/Reuters)

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[dailybrian]

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Exclusive: A Second Business At Home Of NSA Official

The National Security Agency in Fort Meade, Maryland. Larry Downing / Reuters / Reuters On a quiet street in Ellicott City, Maryland, a blue-grey two-story clapboard house, set back from the road, is shaded by two sycamores and a towering maple. It’s the unassuming home of one of the N...

[nikita-swervin]

Top: US Naval Academy graduates throw their hats at the conclusion of their commencement and commission ceremony, attended by President Barack Obama at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on May 24 in Annapolis, Md. (Michael Reynolds/European Pressphoto Agency)

Middle: A graduate celebrates at the US Naval Academy commencement ceremony in Annapolis on May 24. (Larry Downing/Reuters)

Bottom: Midshipmen celebrate at the end of the US Naval Academy Graduation and Commissioning ceremonies on May 24 in Annapolis, Md. In President Barack Obama's speech at the graduation he addressed the rising number of sexual assaults reported in the military. (Molly Riley/pool via Getty Images)

[bagnewsnotes-blog]

Bag's Take-Away:

With the President pressing Mubarak to begin "an orderly transition" from power, is this Reuters photo illustrating a Reuters article actually calling out Obama for sanctimony? With all hell breaking out in Tahrir Square today, the Administration being cautious not to make any immediate demands, and the U.S. not shelling out $2 bil a year to a corrupt autocrat for nothing, what else could be the motive here in framing Obama as saint or savior?

...One thumb up for a great halo shot, though.

(photo: Reuters/Larry Downing caption: President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks to the media following televised remarks made by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, February 1, 2011. From: U.S. seeks change, not asking Mubarak to go now | Reuters.)

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