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First Place
Melina Mara
The Washington Post
Obama Prays for the Dead
President Barack Obama listens to the song Amazing Grace before speaking at III Corps & Fort Hood Memorial Ceremony at Fort Hood, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 in Killeen, Texas. The thousands of people in attendance mourned the loss of the 13 killed in the shootings at Fort Hood. Some of the families of the dead as well as some of the injured attended the ceremony.
Second Place
Gerald Herbert
Associated Press
MEETING OF MINDS
President Barack Obama touches foreheads with a student at the Dr. Martin Luther King Charter School in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, on Oct. 15, 2009.
Third Place
Stephen Crowley
The New York Times
ARRIVAL
President Barack Obama arrives in Columbus, Ohio, to address police academy graduates on March 6, 2009.
Award of Excellence
Charles Dharapak
Associated Press
RAINY REMEMBRANCE
Standing in a steady rain, President Barack Obama greets family members of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks after speaking at the Pentagon Memorial marking the eighth anniversary of the attacks, on Sept. 11, 2009, in Arlington, Va.
Award of Excellence
Pablo Martinez Monsivais
The Associated Press
SECTION 60
President Barack Obama walks among the grave markers during a unannounced visit to Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Nov. 11, 2009.
Award of Excellence
Jim Watson
AFP
UNTITLED
President Barack Obama pauses to take a question as he walks to Marine One at the White House in Washington, on June 2, 2009, as he prepares to depart for Saudi Arabia.
Award of Excellence
Saul Loeb
AFP
DOVER
President Barack Obama salutes during the dignified transfer of Sergeant Dale R. Griffin of Terre Haute, Ind., at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Oct. 29, 2009. Obama traveled to the base to meet the plane carrying the bodies of 18 US personnel killed in Afghanistan, including Griffin.
