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President’s ‘Recess’ Picks Set Dangerous Path

By Don Wolfensberger
Roll Call Contributing Writer
Feb. 21, 2012, Midnight

On Jan. 4, President Barack Obama shouted “recess,” ran to the empty playground and jumped on the teeter-totter. Not surprisingly, it instantly tilted his way at the presidential end of the board.

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