Obama Year-end Press Conference (20 images)

President Barack Obama smiles during an exchange with a reporter at a year-end press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on December 20, 2013. Obama discussed various subjects including the economy, NSA and healthcare. The president will leave with his family to Hawaii later in the day for the holiday season. UPI/Pat Benic

President Barack Obama arrives for his year-end press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C. on December 20, 2013. Obama spoke on the Affordable Care Act, Iran Sanctions and the NSA surveillance program. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

President Barack Obama holds a year-end press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C. on December 20, 2013. Obama spoke on the Affordable Care Act, Iran Sanctions and the NSA surveillance program. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

President Barack Obama enters the Brady Press Briefing Room for a year-end press conference at the White House on December 20, 2013. Obama discussed various subjects including the economy, NSA and healthcare. The president will leave with his family to Hawaii later in the day for the holiday season. UPI/Pat Benic