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President George W. Bush and Laura Bush are joined by Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, right, and Ginnie Cooper, Chief Librarian for the Washington, D.C. libraries, left, posing for photos with children and staff at a reading class commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Monday, Jan. 21, 2008, at the Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Library. White House photo by Eric Draper
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President George W. Bush speaks with a volunteer, thanking her for her service, during a visit to the Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Library Monday, Jan. 21, 2008 in Washington, D.C., to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. White House photo by Eric Draper
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President George W. Bush speaks with volunteers, thanking them for their service, during a visit to the Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Library Monday, Jan 21, 2008, in Washington, D.C., in commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. White House photo by Eric Draper
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Defence Secretary Robert Gates, seen here in 2008, will sit out Barack Obama's inauguration at an undisclosed location as the "designated successor" in the event of a catastrophe, the White House announced Monday