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WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 02: U.S. President Barack Obama poses for photographs with the National Hockey League champions Los Angeles Kings in the East Room of the White House February 2, 2015 in Washington, DC. Obama simultaneously hosted the KIngs and Major League Soccer champions Los Angeles Galaxy. Both teams are owned in part by billionaire and The Weekly Standard publisher Philip Anschutz. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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