The White House published a photo gallery of some of the key images that its photographer captured in 2011.

Check out the complete slideshow, which includes everything from the serious to the silly. Here’s President Barack Obama authorizing U.S. military action in Libya: 

And here’s the president filling in for the coach at one of Sasha Obama‘s basketball games.

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