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Photo of Barack Obama in awe of a marshmallow shooter

Photo: Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Shown here is President Obama in complete awe of 14-year-old Joey Hudy’s Extreme Marshmallow Cannon. In a move to encourage young ones to pursue science and engineering, the White House hosted a dinner where several … Continue reading

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Bus Force One: The President’s new campaign bus

Photo: Jim Watson / AFP / Getty Images The National Post has a short article on the new high-tech Secret Service-commissioned bus that President Obama is using on the campaign trail for re-election. The bus is all-black with blacked-out windows … Continue reading

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Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Arthur Petry receives the Medal of Honor

Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Arthur Petry is now the 2nd living person (following Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta) to receive the Medal of Honor — the U.S. Military’s highest decoration. While injured in a gunfight in Afghanistan in May 2008, Petry … Continue reading

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The White House used to stage photographs for photographers

Photo: Jason Reed/Reuters Hmm…interesting… I had no idea that up until recently (immediately following the announcement of the death of Osama Bin Laden in fact) that the White House staged their press photos for photographers so that during the actual … Continue reading

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President Obama’s car gets stuck on a ramp at US Embassy in Ireland

This is funny only because you never expect it to happen to the President’s car. But sure enough during a visit to Ireland, President Obama’s highly modified Cadillac got stuck on a high curb while exiting the US Embassy.

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President Obama looking over the Osama mission speech

Photo: Pete Souza How come the President never has anything else on his desk but a phone? And also, I knew I wasn’t crazy! They did change the drapes/curtains in the Oval Office back to the same ones they used … Continue reading

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