U.S. President Barack Obama (R) pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey, “Tot”, with his nephews Aaron and Austin Robinson in a ceremony in the Rose Garden at the White House November 23, 2016 in Washington, DC. The President celebrated the 69th anniversary of the National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation. Hatched and raised in Iowa, the 2016 National Thanksgiving Turkey and its alternate will retire to “Gobblers Rest” at Virginia Tech. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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