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President Obama Turns 49 Wednesday

   VOA News 04 August 2010
   President  Barack  Obama  shakes hands with a guest following his town
   hall  meeting with Young African leaders in the East Room of the White
   House in Washington, 03 Aug 2010

Photo: AP

   President  Barack  Obama  shakes hands with a guest following his town
   hall  meeting with Young African leaders in the East Room of the White
   House in Washington, 03 Aug 2010

   U.S. President Barack Obama is observing his 49th birthday with a busy
   schedule  that  includes  meetings  with senators, a speech to a labor
   group and a trip to his hometown, Chicago.

   The  president  has  no  official  observance  of  his birthday on his
   Wednesday  schedule,  but he is expected to have a private celebratory
   dinner at his Chicago home.

   The  Democratic  Party's  National Committee is giving the president's
   supporters  in  the  United  States  an  opportunity to send Mr. Obama
   electronic birthday greetings through its website. The site displays a
   letter  from  first  lady Michelle Obama, urging supporters to click a
   link  and  virtually  "sign"  a card for the president with a birthday
   wish.

   Meanwhile,  the  Republican  Party's  website  is offering readers the
   chance  to  send greetings to the president that mock his policies and
   other prominent Democrats.

   The  president will be spending his birthday without Mrs. Obama who is
   in Spain on a private trip.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.

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