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Signing a letter to Ileana Yarza, a 76-year-old letter writer in Cuba, in the Oval Office at the White House, March 14.

Convening a National Security Council meeting with, from left, National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice, White House Chief of Staff Denis R. McDonough, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., USMC, and Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter in the Situation Room at the White House, March 18.

Joining "the wave" during an exhibition game between Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National Team with President Raul Castro Ruz of Cuba at the Estadio Latinoamericano in Havana, Cuba, March 22.

Greeting 106-year-old Washington, DC, resident Virginia McLaurin with the First Lady in the Blue Room at the White House prior to a reception celebrating African American History Month, February 18.

Walking with White House Chief of Staff Denis R. McDonough along the South Lawn driveway at the White House, May 13.

Convening a National Security Council meeting with, from left, National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice, White House Chief of Staff Denis R. McDonough, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., USMC, and Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter in the Situation Room at the White House, March 18.

Escorting Nordic State leaders and their spouses to a state dinner in the State Dining Room at the White House, May 13.

Hosting a Passover seder dinner with friends and staff in the Old Family Dining Room at the White House, April 28.

Receiving a telephone briefing from Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Lisa O. Monaco on the terrorist attack in Brussels, Belgium, with National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice, left, at the residence of the U.S. Chief of Mission in Havana, Cuba, March 22.

Greeting Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, at the entrance of the Map Room at the White House, June 15.

Listening from the Green Room at the White House to an introduction by Mark Barden, whose 7-year-old son Daniel was killed in the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, prior to making remarks in the East Room, January 5.

Meeting with Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the Oval Office at the White House, March 9.

Sharing a laugh with restaurateur and chef Carlos Cristobal Marquez Valdes, as the President's daughter Malia translated, at the San Cristobal restaurant in Havana, Cuba, March 20.

Arriving on the lawn of Windsor Castle for lunch with Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in Windsor, United Kingdom, April 22.

Receiving an update from Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James B. Comey, Jr., right, and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Lisa O. Monaco, left, on the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, FL, in the Oval Office at the White House, June 12.

Taking questions from student journalists during College Reporter Day in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, April 28.