Activists gather in front of the White House after marching from the National Mall during the "Forward on Climate" rally, in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Protestors called on President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline, and also voiced their opinions on other environmental issues. 

President Barack Obama comforts Mary Jo Copeland, of Minneapolis, who founded Sharing and Caring Hands in 1985, which has served as a safety net to those in the Minneapolis area, before he presented her with the 2012 Presidential Citizens Medal, the nation's second-highest civilian honor, during a ceremony Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

I was assigned to the in-town travel pool at the White House on Tuesday, the day of President Obama's State of the Union address. The pool holds inside the Capitol in a hallway while the President gives his speech, as we are there for mostly protective purposes. Despite that, I did mange to make a few frames I liked and one from the following morning.

President Barack Obama walks down the colonnade at the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Later in the evening, the President will deliver his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol. (Pool photo by Drew Angerer)

President Barack Obama's motorcade makes it way down Pennsylvania  Avenue toward the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013.  (Pool photo by Drew Angerer)

President Barack Obama is seen on a television screen in a hallway in the U.S. Capitol as he delivers his State of the Union Address, in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. (Pool photo by Drew Angerer)

Marine One, carrying President Barack Obama, departs on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. On Wednesday, Obama is traveling to Ashville, North Carolina to visit the Linamar North Carolina factory and deliver remarks about his manufacturing policies and promote his ideas outlined in the State of the Union address. (Photo by Drew Angerer)