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Apr

georgia

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle are saluted by soldiers as they arrive at the Fort Stewart Army post, April 27

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Ann Jackson of Hinesville, Ga., holds a fan with the image of President Barack Obama as she waits for his arrival at the Fort Stewart Army post

…. visiting Warriors Walk at Fort Stewart

President Obama signs an executive order protecting the GI Bill

Sgt. Donald Tift laughs with Sgt. Terry Smith and Staff Sgt. Alex Modicue as they replay how they shook the hand of President Barack Obama after he spoke to soldiers at the Fort Stewart Army post

President Obama walks first Lady Michelle Obama to her plane at Hunter Army Airfield, Ga., before he boarded Air Force One en route to Washington

President Obama walks to board Air Force One at Hunter Army Airfield

Dec

game time

By Chipsticks 326 Comments

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President Obama on his way to Marine One to attend the Army-Navy football game in Maryland

President lands at Cora L. Rice Elementary School to attend the Army vs. Navy football game at Fedex Field in Landover

President Obama makes the coin toss prior to the 112th Army-Navy football game in Landover, Maryland

President Obama is escorted across the field from the Navy side to the Army during the second half of the game

President Obama sits on the bleacher with Army cadets during the second half of the game

Aug

family

By Chipsticks 23 Comments

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Mansura Shajahan wipes away tears as she and her son Yusuf Shajahan were acknowledged by President Barack Obama at the Iftar dinner in the White House, Aug. 10. Mansura’s husband Mohammed Shajahan died in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11.

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October 2008

Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan (1987 – 2007): A U.S. Army Specialist who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He received a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart for his service. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Kareem was a Muslim.

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Jun

visiting vermont

By Chipsticks 13 Comments

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First Lady Michelle Obama poses for a picture with Senior Airman Takara Matthews and her daughter Nami Cook, 6, both of Georgia, Vt., after speaking to military families at the Vermont Army National Guard’s Aviation Support Facility in South Burlington

Jun

purple heart

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President Barack Obama awards a Purple Heart to a wounded warrior during a visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., June 17. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Jun

funniest. comment. ever.

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and his wife Elaine Chao arrive for a State Dinner honoring German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House

yardarm756: “Oh LORD, Mitch “The Turtle” McConnell just walked in the dinner with an Oriental lady. Is that legal in Kentucky?”

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