Applause from his colleagues

<a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEPLT007408" title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/politics/government/barack-obama-PEPLT007408.topic">President Barack Obama</a> addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill on Feb. 24, 2009, in Washington, D.C. Vice President <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEPLT007548" title="Joe Biden" href="/topic/politics/government/joe-biden-PEPLT007548.topic">Joe Biden</a> and Speaker of the House <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEPLT005126" title="Nancy Pelosi" href="/topic/politics/government/nancy-pelosi-PEPLT005126.topic">Nancy Pelosi</a> stand behind the president, applauding him.
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( Tribune photo by Zbigniew Bzdak / February 24, 2009 )

President Barack Obama addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill on Feb. 24, 2009, in Washington, D.C. Vice President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi stand behind the president, applauding him.

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