Obama Congress Leaders Surge

President Barack Obama, along with Vice President Joe Biden, Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, holds a meeting with Congressional Leadership in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, in advance of a major policy speech to announce his new Afghanistan war strategy, Dec. 1, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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