Obama praised the winners of a national police association award for courage and heroism
Thursday, May 12, 2011
At a White House ceremony Thursday, Obama praised the winners of a national police association award for courage and heroism that ranged from carrying out dangerous drug stings to investigating last year's attempted bombing of New York's Times Square.
President Barack Obama, center, and Vice President Joe Biden, right center, pose for a group photograph in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2011, during a ceremony honoring the National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) TOPS COPS . Obama has his arm around Oklahoma City Police Dept. Officer Katie Lawson, left center. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Barack Obama, accompanied by, from left, National Association of Police Organizations (NAOP) President Thomas J. Nee, Vice President Joe Biden, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2011, during a ceremony to honor the National Association of Police Organizations' (NAOP) TOP COPS . (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
President Barack Obama poses for a photograph in the Rose Garden of the White House of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2011, after speaking speaking at a ceremony honoring the National Association of Police Organizations TOP COPS. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
President Barack Obama greets audience members in the Rose Garden of the White House of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2011, during a ceremony to honor the National Association of Police Organizations TOP COPS. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2011, during a ceremony to honor the National Association of Police Organizations' (NAOP) TOP COPS. From left are, NAOP PresidentThomas J. Nee, the president, Vice President Joe Biden, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
President Barack Obama, and Vice President Joe Biden, second from right, pose for a photograph with those honored during a ceremony for the National Association of Police Organizations TOP COPS, Thursday, May 12, 2011, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Police Officers from around the country listen to President Barack Obama as he speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2011, where he honored the National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) TOPS COPS. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Barack Obama, with from left, National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) President Thomas J. Nee, Vice President Joe Biden, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2011, where he honored the NAPO TOPS COPS . (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
