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Oh, I’ll bet they were. Say what you will about Axe, Gibbsy, and the rest of the crew, but I’d like to think they have the basic political common sense to avoid photo ops where the president has to skip out after a minute or two to go eat gingerbread cookies. I’d like to think The One had the same basic political common sense, but … we learn something new every day, don’t we? The leader of the free world and the ex-leader wandered a deserted hallway, past the offices of the senior advisers, only to discover the door...

President Obama introduces President Clinton who speaks to the press about his support for the President's framework agreement to extends tax cuts for all Americans and extend unemployment benefits. December 10, 2010 WH PRESSER

It will either go down as the day that the Obama officially became a lame duck, or the day that Obama hit the bottom, and had nowhere to go but up. But either day, it's the worst. *snip* The tax deal is falling apart, and on this sinking ship Obama is going down with... the Republicans? Obviously it took a series of mis-steps to get into it this badly. Negotiating with Mitch McConnell without gauging the temperature of Democrats was idiotic. Beyond that, Obama gave up all his bargaining chips before sitting down. *snip* But instead he used that...

8/12/2009 - CAMP BUCCA, Iraq (AFNS) -- A ceremony was held to mark the end of Air Force participation in visitation operations at Camp Bucca's theater internment facility as the Army assumed responsibility of the mission Aug. 10 here. More than 120 Airmen from the 887th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron were recognized for bringing detainees and their family members together. Army Lt. Col. Brad Bishop, 168th Military Police Battalion commander, presided over the ceremony, handing out certificates of appreciation and coins to thank the Airmen for their service. "I cannot tell you how much we appreciate the job well done...

“Lava Dogs” of the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, bow their heads at the start of their unit’s transfer of authority ceremony at Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan, May 13, 2006. The Marine battalion turned over its area of operations in eastern Afghanistan to the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry, the “Chosin Battalion,” and is returning to Marine Corps Base Kanoehe Bay, Hawaii, after a five-month deployment supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stephen Kwietniak 'Lava Dogs' Hand Off Afghan Ops to 'Chosin Few' The Marine battalion returns to Hawaii as the Army's 1st Battalion,...