WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has spared two turkeys from the brine and the oven, fulfilling the annual tradition of a presidential pardon for a couple of lucky birds ahead of Thanksgiving Day.
Obama pardoned Popcorn, who shared the stage with the president on the North Portico of the White House on a cold drizzly day. An alternate turkey, named Caramel, also received a pardon, though it did not have the benefit of a face-to-beak meeting with the president. Obama said presidents have many awesome and solemn responsibilities. "This is not one of them," he says.
Popcorn and Caramel are 38-pound turkeys from Badger , Minn.
The turkeys will be on display at George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens through Jan. 6
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Obama pardoned Popcorn, who shared the stage with the president on the North Portico of the White House on a cold drizzly day. An alternate turkey, named Caramel, also received a pardon, though it did not have the benefit of a face-to-beak meeting with the president. Obama said presidents have many awesome and solemn responsibilities. "This is not one of them," he says.
Popcorn and Caramel are 38-pound turkeys from Badger , Minn.
The turkeys will be on display at George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens through Jan. 6
from Chicago - The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/27/obama-turkey-pardon_n_4351282.html?utm_hp_ref=chicago&ir=Chicago
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