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President Barack Obama plays peek-a-boo with Maeve Beliveau, the daughter of Director of Advance Emmett Beliveau, in the Outer Oval Office, Oct. 30, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.
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ask_andrericardo, Ross, stevej_1960, Groovymarlin, and 496 other people added this photo to their favorites.
tangledstrings (43 months ago | reply)
I love all the pictures of the President with children. There's so much reciprocal joy in their interactions.
callie anne (Callie) (43 months ago | reply)
adorable!
stevej_1960 (43 months ago | reply)
Great shot. I agree with tangledstrings; President Obama seems to have a wonderful repoire with children. The presence of children at the white house over the last few years seems kind of sad, Sure there have been children, but the toddlers seem way too under-represented and they bring out the innocence in most of us. Perhaps an hour or two a day with toddlers should be a requirement of our leaders.
andres_azpilicueta (43 months ago | reply)
Tender propaganda, he is about to open the drawer and sign the act to buy another gazillion bombs, as every other president.
leslie.hawes (43 months ago | reply)
Very sweet photo. Love the candid shots.
Oh Nuts (43 months ago | reply)
Cute
mahnaznahmed (43 months ago | reply)
wonderful!
I am Sina (43 months ago | reply)
this is great! Is that Mr. Souza's reflection in the mirror?
rmcarrier1 (43 months ago | reply)
Fantastic shot.
Mona Loldwoman (Look for the good) (43 months ago | reply)
Great capture of a candid moment. Mr Souza.
A lovely heart warming moment.
@ I am Sina , I think it is.
Ahmed Awad Ellaban (43 months ago | reply)
i like it
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Kiki FL (43 months ago | reply)
Does it get any better than this? Fantastic!
Nu2photography (43 months ago | reply)
Awesome shot.
bigsassysmurf (43 months ago | reply)
sooooo cute : )
{}+*^ [deleted] (43 months ago | reply)
He hasn't forgotten to be a daddy...I adore this!
tunde4 (43 months ago | reply)
Priceless, precious, I love Obama!
triviazheng (43 months ago | reply)
president is the best father
radiant star (43 months ago | reply)
So cute.
Heike 1964 (43 months ago | reply)
so cut and I love how the president plays with children. He is a very good father.
halstatt1 (43 months ago | reply)
This is one president who is comfortable with children of all ages. They truly respond to him. So sweet!
*Rosemea MacPherson (43 months ago | reply)
Adorable!
XOXOXOX
DianeMerced (43 months ago | reply)
Lovely photo.
Denis Collette...!!! (43 months ago | reply)
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Scott Smith (SRisonS) (43 months ago | reply)
VERY cute capture!!!!
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lat454205 / Lisa (43 months ago | reply)
I'm showing my age...
There's something about this photo that reminds me of John John Kennedy ( I know it's a little girl ) when President Kennedy was in the White House.
This is really a sweet shot.
yeoldeblackhippie (43 months ago | reply)
beautiful
Eugene Savenko (43 months ago | reply)
Great shot, and interesting man! :-)
field hockey (43 months ago | reply)
nobody is afraid of obama,he is a to friendly/nice for this game.
bananajode (43 months ago | reply)
Awwwww...how cute is this??!! :-D
pjarc (43 months ago | reply)
bellissimo momento
smallwon (43 months ago | reply)
It is wonderful to have a real, down to earth man and father in the White House. I appreciate his efforts and applaud him.
Theresa Thompson (43 months ago | reply)
What a treasure for this sweet little girl to have.
hey.pictrues (43 months ago | reply)
exquisite
iwillglo (43 months ago | reply)
too tooo toooo cute!!
kisstheraingirl12489 (43 months ago | reply)
some of you need to put politics aside regardless of whatever political party you're part of. this is adorable whether you agree with obamacare or not. Lighten up, he's not a devil.
Michelle Miramontes (43 months ago | reply)
precious scene
Victoria Shade (43 months ago | reply)
I adore this photo.
fourfeetflying (43 months ago | reply)
I agree; what a wonderful moment to capture! You know, he IS a man and a dad, too...It's nice to see that in our leadership.
ruizspieces26 (43 months ago | reply)
wow, wow, WOW!!!! I love seeing a man with so much power play with the innocence of a child. Very nice picture. :)
jdog1063 (43 months ago | reply)
Obama:
Where's President Obama?
Maeve:
Dat's what Mommy and Daddy say when day talk about Afghanistan!
motivsucher (43 months ago | reply)
Very cute!
Unalienable Rights by GOD- not Executive Order (43 months ago | reply)
What will the future hold for our children:
So far, we have more than an alarming 10% unemployment"
This, from Financial Armageddon>
Fraud in non-financial sectors? Say it ain't so. Well why should auditors and management be committed to truthful accounting if the example set by our powers that be is to deny, deny, deny
[They] don't want to change the bankers, because if we do, if we put honest people in, who didn't cause the problem, their first job would be to find the scope of the problem. And that would destroy the cover up....
Geithner is ... covering up. Just like Paulson did before him....
These are all people who have failed. Paulson failed, Geithner failed. They were all promoted because they failed....
Until you get the facts, it's harder to blow all this up. And, of course, the entire strategy is to keep people from getting the facts....
[Question] Are you saying that Timothy Geithner, the Secretary of the Treasury, and others in the administration, with the banks, are engaged in a cover up to keep us from knowing what went wrong?
[Black] Absolutely....
They're deliberately leaving in place the people that caused the problem, because they don't want the facts. And this is not new.
anonymouse.org/cgi-bin/anon-www.cgi/http://ww w.financiala...
sweetie pie2001 [deleted] (43 months ago | reply)
Flag in DisTROLL you can turn yourself on and off depending on the situation. Caring on this photo but vile and disrespectful on all the others. You need an academic award for being such an actor!
Been Buddy Longway (43 months ago | reply)
The fact that this man that is now a president of a large country, has once been a fatherless boy, of mixed descent, with a heroic but often absent mother... and that he is now still in contact with the child in him, able to play, while he carries the load of the trouble of countries and peoples from around the globe, and is able to discuss these issues with the leaders of those countries, isn't this a miracle by itself?
Senitra C. (43 months ago | reply)
So adorably cute!
tunde4 (43 months ago | reply)
Flag, everything you are describing is the result of Bush's presidency. The Bush and Cheney duo with their ill fated advisers ran this country to where it is (and trust me, it would be much worse had it not been for the intervention from Obama).
You need professional help. Get it. Bring your checkbook, you will need it.
gairid1791 (43 months ago | reply)
Flag, you should bring this to one of the poklitical blogs--this is a place to discuss the photography, not ideology.
Sumi-l (43 months ago | reply)
the photographer wears a suit and tie?
fuzzylogic55 (43 months ago | reply)
:)))
tsevis (43 months ago | reply)
Lovely photo!