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| First Lady Michelle Obama christened the National Security Cutter Stratton on July 23, 2010. It was the first time in U.S. history that a first lady sponsored a Coast Guard vessel. It may also be the last time, because it looks like she managed to get Champagne on everything but the ship. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
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| President Obama and his wife Michelle always seem to be picture perfect, but these photos prove otherwise. From Michelle’s run-in with Carla Bruni to Barack’s clumsy chest bump, check out awkward pictures of the First Couple. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
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| President Obama presented the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Joseph Medicine Crow, the last living Plains Indian war chief. During World War II, Medicine Crow accomplished all four tasks required to become a war chief, including stealing 50 Nazi horses from a German camp. He got a master’s degree in anthropology in 1939, and was the first person from his tribe to go to college. Perhaps his many accomplishments explain why he does not seem particularly excited to be receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom. But they certainly don’t explain the look on Obama’s face. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
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| First Lady Michelle Obama christened the National Security Cutter Stratton on July 23, 2010. It was the first time in U.S. history that a first lady sponsored a Coast Guard vessel. It may also be the last time, because it looks like she managed to get Champagne on everything but the ship. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
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| Early in 2009, the president and first lady went to the Capital City Charter School in Washington to read to second-graders. The president told the group that they were stopping by because, “We were just tired of being in the White House.” It actually seems from this photo that the president was just tired in general. At the end of the visit, the first lady said, “Thank you, guys. This was fun.” Perhaps the president disagreed. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
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| In 2009, President Obama gave a commencement speech at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. After the speech, an enthusiastic new officer decided a chest bump was in order, and Obama graciously reciprocated. Sen. John McCain, whom Barack Obama beat in 2008, was present at the ceremony watching his son graduate. It does not appear that the two former rivals shared a similar greeting. (AP Photo/Rob Carr) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
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| Admit it: It would be hard to be in the same room with France’s first lady Carla Bruni without doing something awkward. Bruni is a former supermodel who is on the record as having said she gets “bored with monogamy,” and her alleged former lovers include Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Kevin Costner, Vincent Perez, Donald Trump, and former French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius. President Obama greets her here at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh in 2009—as his wife seems to be reminding everyone that this is American turf. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
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| Photographed here signing the guest book with Queen Elizabeth II doesn’t look too awkward, but a closer look at Obama’s signature reveals there may have been some tension. Despite visiting with the queen in May 2011, Obama was perhaps thinking of a simpler time—before “birthers,” or the coming election—when he signed the date as 2008. Oops. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
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| Raise your glass, Mr. President! Although the White House has previously been populated by some drinkers, its last occupant, former President George W. Bush stopped drinking cold turkey in 1986, so photos of a drinker-in-chief were rare—and teetotalers could rest in peace. Obama had no trouble getting in the Irish spirit of things on a trip to Ireland in May 2011, as photographed here when he saluted his Irish ancestry with a Guinness. (AP Photo, Pool) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
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| Out of my way, Mr. Prime Minister! President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron joined forces for a “friendly” game of table tennis with some students from South London on May 24, 2011. Obama’s competitive nature kicked in as onlookers reported he sighed when they missed shots and made excuses when the ball fell short of the table. Obama has been known to be gung-ho in sports, especially basketball—he once required 12 stitches after a particularly intense game against family and aide (and former Duke basketball player) Reggie Love, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute President Rey Decerega. (AP Photo/Paul Hackett, Pool) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
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| World leaders or a new boy band? President Obama posed with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev at the G-20 summit in London in April 2009. They must have hit it off: Within two years, Berlusconi would be pulling the president aside at the G-8 summit in France to complain about his legal troubles while a 90-minute phone conversation a day earlier between Obama and Medvedev inspired Medvedev to reverse his policy on Libya. Thumbs up for everyone. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) See the Full Story at The Daily Beast |
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