The President pardons a couple of turkeys-Apple and Cider- this year.
U.S. President Barack Obama walks by "Apple", the National Thanksgiving Turkey, after it was pardoned, as National Turkey Federation Chairman Yubert Envia looks on in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, November 24, 2010. Obama is joined by his daughters Malia (2nd R) and Sasha.
----REUTERS/Jim Young
Enjoy this day with family and friends. Good food and football.
U.S. President Barack Obama pardons "Apple", the National Thanksgiving Turkey, as National Turkey Federation Chairman Yubert Envia (L) looks on in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, November 24, 2010.
----REUTERS/Jim Young
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 24: U.S. President Barack Obama pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey, named Apple, in a ceremony with daughters Sasha (2nd R) and Malia (R) and National Turkey Federation Chairman Yubert Envia (L) in the Rose Garden November 24, 2010 in Washington, DC. After the event, Apple will be taken to a new residence at George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens.
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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 24: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a ceremony, where he pardoned the National Thanksgiving Turkey, named Apple, with daughters Sasha (L) and Malia (R) in the Rose Garden November 24, 2010 in Washington, DC. Obama also pardoned Cider, Apple's alternate. After the event, Apple and Cider will be taken to a new residence at George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens.
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U.S. President Barack Obama's daughter Malia (R) watches as her father pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, November 24, 2010.
----REUTERS/Larry Downing
U.S. President Barack Obama (C) walks next to his daughters Sasha (R) and Malia (L) into the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, November 24, 2010.
----REUTERS/Larry Downing
