President Obama's year in photos: 2012 edition

SLIDESHOW - Click through the slideshow to see some of the stand-out moments for the president in 2012...

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2012 was an eventful year for President Barack Obama.

White House photographer Pete Souza posted a “Year in Photographs 2012” of President Obama’s most memorable moments on the White House Flickr, from the cute snapshots of the president on vacation and posing with U.S. Olympians, to the emotional photos after superstorm Sandy and the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, CT.

Click through the slideshow to see some of the stand-out moments for the president in 2012.

Visit The White House Flickr to view all 84 photos.

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