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President Barack Obama shakes hands as he arrives to speak at a town hall meeting, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, at Lower Hannah's Bend Park in Cannon Falls, Minn.
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Barack Obama
President Barack Obama shakes hands as he arrives to speak at a town hall meeting, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, at Lower Hannah's Bend Park in Cannon Falls, Minn.
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster