Justin Sullivan (l) and Mark Wilson (r) along with Special Events Technology Manager, Bob Covington pose and posture in front of the US Capitol West Front, site of the 44th Inaugural, following successful tests of the fiber-based photo network.
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Bush Welcomes President-Elect Obama To White House
WASHINGTON – NOVEMBER 10: (AFP OUT) U.S. President George W. Bush (L) and Laura Bush (2nd-L) greet U.S. President-elect Barack Obama (R) and his wife Michelle Obama (2nd-R) on the South Portico of the White House November 10, 2008 in Washington, DC. This is the first visit for Barack Obama to the White House before he is sworn into office as President of the United States. First lady Laura Bush took soon to be first lady Michelle Obama on a tour of the White House as the President and Mr. Obama walked along the colonnade to the Oval Office where they will have a meeting. On January 20th Obama will be sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. (Photos by Gary Fabiano-Pool/Getty Images)
Barack Obama Holds Election Night Gathering In Chicago’s Grant Park
CHICAGO – NOVEMBER 04: U.S. President elect Barack Obama gestures on stage during an election night gathering in Grant Park on November 4, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. Obama defeated Republican nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) by a wide margin in the election to become the first African-American U.S. President elect. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and running mate Joe Biden signal to supporters during their election night victory rally at Grant Park on November 4, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. Americans emphatically elected Obama as their first black president in a transformational election which will reshape US politics and the US role on the world stage. (STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)
Election Night Victory
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and his wife Michelle stand on stage with running mate Joe Biden and his wife Jill during their election night victory rally at Grant Park on November 4, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. Americans emphatically elected Obama as their first black president in a transformational election which will reshape US politics and the US role on the world stage. (STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)
Barack Obama Rally
Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama crowd Grant Park early Tuesday evening, November 4, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois, where Obama is to address a rally of more than one million people later on election night. Americans are voting in an election of rare historic potential, with front-running Democrat Barack Obama seeking to become the first black president and Republican John McCain hoping for a poll-defying comeback. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
US Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain
US Republican presidential candidate John McCain pauses during his speech in which he conceded defeat to Democrat Barack Obama during his election night rally on November 4, 2008 in McCain’s home town of Phoenix, Arizona. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
McCain Holds Election Night Gathering In Phoenix
PHOENIX – NOVEMBER 04: Vice-presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and husband Todd Palin walk out on stage during the election night rally at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa on November 4, 2008 in Phoenix, Arizona. U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) defeated Republican presidential nominee U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) by a wide margin in the election to become the first African-American U.S. President elect. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
Americans Go To The Polls To Elect The Next U.S. President
CHICAGO – NOVEMBER 04: Voters wait to go to the polls at Beulah Shoesmith Elementary School November 4, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. After nearly two years of presidential campaigning, U.S. citizens went to the polls today to vote in the election between Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL). (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Democratic Presidential Candidate US Senator Barack Obama
Democratic presidential candidate US Senator Barack Obama and his wife Michelle wave to supporters during an election night rally at the Xcel Energy Center in St Paul , Minnesota, June 03, 2008. Obama made history on June 3, 2008, capturing the Democratic presidential nomination as the first black candidate to top a major-party ticket, after a giant-slaying win over Hillary Clinton. (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain
Republican presidential candidate Arizona Senator John McCain and his vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin smile at each other and applaud, at a campaign rally at Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania on October 28, 2008. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
US Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama
US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama speaks during a rally at Cleveland Mall in Cleveland, Ohio, November 02, 2008. (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
Barack Obama Campaigns Ahead Of Last Primaries Of 2008 Election
MITCHELL, SD – JUNE 01: Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) addresses a rally on the street in front of the Corn Palace June 1, 2008 in Mitchell, South Dakota. Obama and his rival for the nomination, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), are moving into the final days of the primary season before Democratic contests in South Dakota and Montana on Tuesday. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin applauds as Republican presidential nominee John McCain speaks during a rally at the Delaware County Courthouse September 22, 2008 in Philadelphia, PA. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Hillary Clinton Holds Final Primary Night Event In New York
NEW YORK – JUNE 3: Democratic presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) greets supporters at Baruch College June 3, 2008 in New York City. Although Clinton’s rival for the Democratic presidential nomination Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) was poised to clinch the nomination after the Democratic primaries in Montana and South Dakota, Clinton has not yet conceded the race. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
Obama Returns To Iowa For Rally In Des Moines
DES MOINES, IA – MAY 20: Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) addresses a rally near the Iowa state captiol building May 20, 2008 in Des Moines, Iowa. Oregon and Kentucky held their Democratic primaries today, but Obama chose to attend a rally in the state where he won his first primary in January. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) won in a landslide in Kentucky 65 percent to 30 percent, while early results in Oregan showed Obama winning by a wide margin. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Pro-Voting Female Demonstrators
Two smiling women stand outdoors and hold signs reading ‘Vote Baby Vote’ and ‘Voting is People Power,’ c. 1970. (Photo by Gabriel Hackett /Getty Images)
Suffrage March
Full-length image of a group of women and children marching with U.S. flags and banners for the right of women to vote, New York City, circa 1912. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Suffragette Protestor
An American suffragette with an umbrella stands next to a baby carriage and wears a sign proclaiming ‘Women! Use your vote,’ circa 1920. (Photo by APA/Getty Images)
Cheering For Alice Paul
As women stand and cheer, American suffragist Alice Paul (1885 – 1977) stands on a balcony at the National Women’s Party headquarters and unfurls a banner in celebration of the state of Tennessee’s ratification of the 19th Ammendment, which guarenteed women the right to vote, Washington DC, August 13, 1920. (Photo by Stock Montage/Getty Images)
Franklin D Roosevelt
9th November 1932: Presidential candidate Franklin D Roosevelt (1882 – 1945) casts a ballot in a booth at a polling station while flanked by his wife, Eleanor, and their son, Elliot, Hyde Park, New York. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
People paying poll taxes
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Election Buttons
Corky Berwster, Miss Empire State, wearing a selection of buttons depicting election candidates, 22nd September 1950. She claims that wearing the buttons stimulates voting. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
African American Voters
African Americans vote for the first time in Charleston, South Carolina, during the US presidential election, 2nd November 1948. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Harlem Voters
People in New York’s Harlem district vote in the US presidential election, 4th November 1952. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Image
Civil Rights March
March 1965: Civil rights campaigner Dr Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968) with his wife Coretta Scott King, at a black voting rights march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital in Montgomery. (Photo by William Lovelace/Express/Getty Images)
Voting Rights March
March 1965: Participants in a black voting rights march in Alabama. Dr Martin Luther King led the march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital in Montgomery. (Photo by William Lovelace/Express/Getty Images)
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‘Joe the Plumber,’ whose real name is Samuel Wurzelbacher, talks to Meghan McCain, daughter of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, during a campaign rally October 30, 2008 at Mentor High School in Mentor, Ohio, during the White House hopeful’s two-day bus tour of Ohio. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
ELYRIA, OH – OCTOBER 30: Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) (L) and Samuel ‘Joe the Plumber’ Wurzelbacher address a campaign rally at Lorain County Community College October 30, 2008 in Elyria, Ohio. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
‘Joe the Plumber’, whose real name is Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher signs autographs at a rally with Republican presidential candidate John McCain during a ‘Town Square’ stop at Washington Park in Sandusky, Ohio on October 30, 2008. McCain sought to revive his White House hopes in the symbolically named town of Defiance Thursday as grim new figures on the US economy boosted Democratic rival Barack Obama. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
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