Obama Pardons 2015 Thanksgiving Turkey

That lead to some merriment here, with Netizens wondering if President Obama had in fact compared his Japanese counterpart and ally to a bird.

But, Obama said, “we are taking every precaution to keep our homeland safe”. “Their names are Honest and Abe – I confess that Honest looks like good eating, but this is a democracy”.

This year’s lucky turkey was “Abe”, an 18-week-old, 40-pound turkey raised in California’s Central Valley under the supervision of the National Turkey Federation.

Later Thursday, the Obamas helped serve pre-Thanksgiving dinner to homeless veterans in DC.

Obama pardoned “Abe”, the 2015 national Thanksgiving turkey, during a ceremony yesterday in the Rose Garden.

“The Congress has now revised the National Defense Authorization Act to incorporate these new funding changes and has altered the funding authorization provisions to which I objected”, said Obama.

During the meeting, Obama was briefed on ways the United States can enhance existing security and intelligence cooperation with partners, the White House said.

The White House had suggested that Obama might try to circumvent the Congress if it refuses to give the Pentagon plan the green light.

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The president weighed in on one of the Thanksgiving football games, sticking up for his hometown Chicago Bears. Obama also used the occasion to roast his critics and the media. Last 2014, Malia and Sasha were criticized by a former Republican staffer for looking bored and uninterested in the Turkey Pardon. “Time flies – even if turkeys don’t”.

As the crowd chuckled.

Unfortunately for everyone involved, the dad jokes kept coming – though they were nowhere near as good as the first. ‘You think it’s amusing too, don’t you?’ he said pointing to an audience member.

Obama said he and his team “know of no specific and credible intelligence indicating a plot on the homeland and that is based on the latest information I just received in the Situation Room”. “I do not disagree”.