The Eyes of History 2009

The White House News Photographers Association

Melina Mara

The Washington Post

THEY WON'T LET ME IN
Former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris, the Illinois Democrat appointee to replace President-elect Obama, arrives on Capitol Hill waits in the rain for a car to rescue him from a throng of media after he was denied a meeting with Senate leadership to assert his claim as Illinois' junior senator, Jan 6, 2009.

photo by Melina Mara