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FILE - In this March 21, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama and Israeli President Shimon Peres raise their glasses in a toast after Obama received the Israeli Medal of Distinction from Peres during a State Dinner at President's residence in Jerusalem, Israel. Both were Nobel Prize laureates who labored for peace in the Middle East but failed to achieve it. Now, their joint efforts are at an end as President Barack Obama prepares to pay a final tribute to Shimon Peres in Jerusalem. Obama boarded Air Force One Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, to fly to Israel to join dozens of world leaders at the funeral of Peres, the 93-year-old former prime minister, president and elder statesman. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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Obama: Peres won his wars but understood the need for peace

by Kevin Freking Associated PressSeptember 30, 2016

President Barack Obama gestures while speaking at the Our Ocean, One Future conference at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. The conferences focus on marine protected areas, sustainable fisheries, marine pollution, and climate-related impacts on the ocean. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Obama: Oceans key to protecting planet from climate change

by Kevin Freking Associated PressSeptember 15, 2016

President Barack Obama is greeted by, from left, Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Sen. David Vitter, R-La. after arriving on Air Force One at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. Obama is traveling to the area to survey the flood damage. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Obama vows sustained support for Louisiana

by Kevin Freking Associated PressAugust 23, 2016

Rep. Bill Keating, D-Mass, left, gives President Barack Obama a golf ball as he greets the him and the first lady Michelle Obama, right, at the Cape Cod Coast Guard Station in Bourne, Mass., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, en route to Martha's Vineyard. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)

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Obama says his bunker play needs help

by Kevin Freking Associated PressAugust 8, 2016

FILE - In this June 14, 2015 file photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, thousands of Syrian refugees walk in order to cross into Turkey. After a slow start, it appears increasingly likely that the Obama administration will hit its goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees into the United States before the end of September. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

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US set to take in 10,000 Syrian refugees

by Kevin Freking Associated Press, and Alicia A. Caldwell Associated PressAugust 4, 2016

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Obama airs police, community issues

by Kevin Freking Associated PressJuly 13, 2016

President Barack Obama walks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Neito at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Canada, Wednesday, June 29, 2016. Obama traveled to Ottawa for the North America Leaders' Summit. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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N. American leaders push back against isolationism

by Kevin Freking Associated Press, and Rob Gillies Associated PressJune 29, 2016

President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, 2016, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Obama honors dead at Arlington National Cemetery

by Kevin Freking Associated PressMay 30, 2016

President Barack Obama drinks water as he finishes speaking at Flint Northwestern High School in Flint, Mich., Wednesday, May 4, 2016, about the ongoing water crisis. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Obama tells Flint, ‘I’ve got your back’

by Kevin Freking Associated PressMay 4, 2016

President Barack Obama awards the 2016 National Teacher of the Year to Jahana Hayes, Tuesday, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Hayes is a social studies teacher at John F. Kennedy High School in Waterbury, Conn.

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Conn. teacher wins US honor

by Kevin Freking Associated PressMay 3, 2016