President Barack Obama, left, speaks at the reception commemorating the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crime Prevention Act in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. On the far right in the audience is singer Cyndi Lauper. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
- President Barack Obama, left, speaks at the reception commemorating the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crime Prevention Act in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. On the far right in the audience is singer Cyndi Lauper. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
- President Barack Obama , right, applauds after speaks at a reception commemorating the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crime Prevention Act in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. Hugging are Dennis Shepard, left, father of Matthew Shepard, and Louvon Harris, center, sister of James Byrd, Jr.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
- President Barack Obama, hugs Dennis Shepard, center, as his wife Judy Shepard, left, watches after Obama spoke at an event commemorating the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crime Prevention Act in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. Dennis and Judy Shepard are the parents of Matthew Shepard, who in 1998, was tortured and left to die on a fence post outside Laramie, Wyo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
- Singer Cyndi Lauper, right, reacts to greeting President Barack Obama after Obama delivered remarks commemorating the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crime Prevention Act in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
- President Barack Obama, right, with Betty Byrd Boatner, center, and Louvon Harris, left, after delivering remarks at the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crime Prevention Act in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. Both women are sisters of James Byrd, Jr., the man who in 1998 was dragged to death down a three-mile stretch of country road in Jasper, Texas. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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