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Obama's fly-swat: 'Got the sucker'
by Mark Silva
Shoo, fly.
It's a big day at the White House.
President Barack Obama plans to roll out new regulatory recommendations for the nation's shaken financial markets this afterrnoon. Early this evening, in the Oval Office, he will present a presidential memorandum extending rights to gay federal workers.
But this morning, the slug on one dispatch is Obama-dead fly.
The president was sitting for a TV interview with CNBC's John Harwood at the Executive Mansion on Tuesday whenObama took matters into his own hands. Annoyed by a persistent fly, the president ordered the bug: "Get out of here."
When it didn't flee, the president waited for the fly to settle, put his hand up and smacked the insect dead in one executive swat. Without missing a beat, Obama asked Harwood: "Now, where were we?"
"Nice,'' Harwood said.
But the president was soliciting yet more applause from his staff, adding: "That was pretty impressive, wasn't it?... I got the sucker."
"Very good,'' said Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
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