President Obama's First Four Years: in Pictures

Feb. 18, 2009: President Barack Obama takes aim backstage with a photographer's camera prior to remarks about providing mortgage payment relief for responsible homeowners at Dobson High School in Mesa, Ariz., just shy of a month after his historic inauguration. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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Iconic scenes from the president's historic first term in office