Photos: The Obama Presidency: December 1, 2009 (An alternate view)

[Clio the Leo]

WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 01: Members of CodePink, (L-R) Michael Viers, Medea Benjamin and Joan Stallard protest against 'escalation of the war in Afghanistan' in front of the White House December 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Barack Obama will announce his plan for the war in Afghanistan during prime time this evening from United States Military Academy at West Point.














Demonstrator Minerva Maldonado, 23, of Haverstraw, N.Y. , holds a picture of her brother, Francisco Maldonado, 24, who is currently serving in Afghanistan, as she walks outside the nearby U.S. Military Academy at West Point N.Y. Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009, as President Barack Obama outlined plans to deploy more troops to Afghanistan in a speech at the academy.


A cadet walks past a tree with a yellow ribbon at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. President Barack Obama will speak at West Point about his Afghanistan policy this evening. A cadet said the ribbon was there to recognize soldiers serving overseas.

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1. Thanks, Clio the Leo..Democracy at work and Pres Obama

wouldn't have it any other way.

I agree.

[Clio the Leo]

2. I've created my own photo thread rec poll. :-)

So far, this one is winning. lol