Democratic Senate leaders lunch with Obama at White House
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-MN, Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-CT, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, and Sen. Max Baucus, D-MT, (L to R) speak to the media after a lunch with U.S. President Barack Obama t the White House in Washington on August 4, 2009. UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg
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