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After 10 months in office, President Barack Obama granted his first pardon Wednesday to Courage, a 45-pound turkey spared from a carving knife and fork and the Thanksgiving table.
President Barack Obama pardons Courage the turkey at a ceremony with Walter Pelletier of the National Turkey Federation, and daughters Sasha, 8, and Malia, 11 under the North Portico of the White House to honor a holiday tradition that dates to 1947.