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President Barack Obama shares a humorous moment with airmen on Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., July 24, 2013. The president had reached up and grabbed a boom microphone hovering over a child’s head.

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President Barack Obama shares a humorous moment with airmen on Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., July 24, 2013. The president had reached up and grabbed a boom microphone hovering over a child’s head.

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