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The tumultuous first year for President Obama continues: G-20, health care, Chicago 2016's flop, the war in Afghanistan, and criticism for an award he didn't even ask for (Karl has more on that in a bit). We can imagine Obama has probably asked himself on more than one occasion recently, "Why did I want this job again?" [All photos via the White House Flickr stream]

As if there weren't enough reasons to call it The Windy City White House, we've got another. Mayor Daley, along with a handful of Olympic athletes, will be paying a visit to our Commander-in-Chief later this week in a high-profile attempt to promote the city's 2016 Olympic bid ahead of next month's IOC vote. According to the Trib:

                     

It's time for our monthly check-in with Chicago's Commander-in-Chief who's had a rough several weeks. Photos courtesy of the White House Flickr stream.