P041509PS-0280
President Barack Obama jokes with senior advisors Mona Sutphen and David Axelrod during a birthday party April 15, 2009, for senior advisor Pete Rouse in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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mdestaub, fgsfds, Emon Hassan, ihasatardis, and 62 other people added this photo to their favorites.
G1 Photo (49 months ago)
Nice shot.
terren in Virginia (49 months ago)
Is that an apple being eaten in the background?
wdunleavy (49 months ago)
i had some of that cake and it was good
tranvantuangm (49 months ago)
hey, do you want eat more ??? fun photo !!
Bruno Torturra (49 months ago)
Run the country? Piece of cake
Sean Hogan - 何祥 (49 months ago)
As an outsider (UK) I love these. They would seem so false with the Browns in Number 10 Downing Street. It is amazig what 100 days can do for place.
tbsdesilva (49 months ago)
Mona looks cute!!
mason bryant (49 months ago)
Obama, David, and Mona eat cake while in the back ground, Rahm Emmanuel chews on the still beating heart of John Boehner.
crouchingbadger (49 months ago)
I assume it's the other David Axelrod, rather than this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h04Tc-WzvUk
dantw (49 months ago)
that's rahm emmanuel chewing in the background -- yes, it's someone's heart alright.
therealdc (49 months ago)
The real Resolute desk.
JMartinezStudios.com (49 months ago)
looks like we are all human and know how to have fun...
jaqui rivera (49 months ago)
Mona is a hotty!
Sean Hogan - 何祥 (49 months ago)
Damn you're right Mona is hot, if this had been the early 90s her soul and alot more besides would never have made it past 100 days. In all seriousness though it is a refreshingly honest photo, or at least feels that way.
dana d. (49 months ago)
I'm imagining this really awkward compulsory birthday party ala The Office...
Cliffimages (49 months ago)
Mona is cute as shit!!!! Sexy arms,too!!
ShardsOfBlue (49 months ago)
The cake is a lie!! ...sorry, had to...
mattstilley (49 months ago)
Im shleppin, just shleppin, just shlep shlep shleppetty shleppty along.
EdieRush (49 months ago)
This is such a great photostream. i love it.
AndrewRudolph (49 months ago)
wdunleavy is a pathological liar, me thinks :)
ihasatardis (49 months ago)
Mona's cute, but I love how Rahm is going to TOWN on that apple there. Who needs cake?
Brown Lab Ranch (49 months ago)
"Quick, get Mona out of here, Bill is coming down the hall".
mswinder2008 (49 months ago)
thanks for sharing like no President before you.
jthommo101 (49 months ago)
Apples at a party! You blokes really know how to let your hair down.
Molly Lewis (49 months ago)
Man, I thought Rahm was eating a piece of cake like that.
alisa_sanada (49 months ago)
Gosh, these photos are wonderful! Love the smiles. Wish the Japanese Prime Minister would someday be like this...obviously it's going to take awhile :p
sonofamram (49 months ago)
This guy seems to really like Obama's apples
Robin Townsend Photography (48 months ago)
The cake looks good but what intrigues me is the painting on the far left. I've seen it reproduced many times and I can't remember who painted it. Does anyone know?
The photos are just great. A wonderful lesson of photojournalism!!
NMdude [deleted] (48 months ago)
I'm drawn to the two men on the left.
"This apple has no taste."
"Ah, you do know it's wax don't you?"
Blue387 (46 months ago)
Robin Townsend:
The painting on the left is "The Avenue in the Rain" by Childe Hassam. It is part of the White House art collection. Both Bill Clinton and Josiah Bartlet had the same painting in their Oval Offices.