Obama waves as he is introduced at town hall meeting in Atkinson, Illinois

U. S. President Barack Obama waves to local residents as he is introduced at a town hall style meeting at a hybrid seed corn company on August 17, 2011 in Atkinson, Illinois. The President held town hall meetings in southern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa and western Illinois and made other stops on his his three-day bus tour through the Midwest. UPI/Brian Kersey