By Matthew Daly Associated Press Comments President Barack Obama pets Cobbler with daughters Sasha, right, and Malia in the White House Rose Garden on Wednesday. (Jim Watson / Getty Images) Washington â President Barack Obama pardoned two turkeys in an annual Thanksgiving rite on Wednesday, saying he wanted to offer the birds a second chance. "They say life is all about second chances, and this November I couldn't agree more with that sentiment," a smiling Obama said in one of several lighthearted references to his re-election this month to a second term. Cobbler, the newly designated national turkey, and his alternate, Gobbler, got a reprieve. "The American people have spoken, and these...
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