OBAMA: "All right, Helen"

[kpete]

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OBAMA: All right, Helen. This is my inaugural moment here. (Laughter.) I'm really excited.

[Renew Deal]

1. I wish she had a better question

She asked something obvious and something Obama would never answer.

[Tesha]

10. Her question was great and precisely on point as to why our Middle East policy is a joke. (NT)

[Tesha]

11. (DU duplicate removed by author)

[Missy Vixen]

2. I thought it was cute that he teased her a little

I hope that she is well.

[malaise]

3. It was classy

Helen was the only person he mentioned by her first name.

[PCIntern]

5. Jake...

Tapper

[pacalo]

4. Cute!

I wish Helen would update her book, "Front Row at the White House". I'd sure like to read her behind-the-scenes insight from the last 8 years.

[Buns_of_Fire]

7. And, from the picture, it appears she's BACK in the front row.

Where she belongs.:thumbsup:

[DUgosh]

6. I thought the second part of her question was super.

NT

[DCKit]

8. What was the point of asking him to confirm Israel's possession of nukes?

I don't see where asking him to state it publicly is a win for anyone.

However, I did laugh when she asked it then watched him dance around it.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

9. She brought it out of the closet and to the public's attention.

Which is why she's a great reporter.

[Karenina]

12. Bingo!

She was GREAT!

[Tesha]

13. Well, for starts, it would be honest.

And it would help people to understand why some other powers in
the Middle East *ALSO* want nuclear weapons.

An awful lot of Americans think that, e.g., Iran would be *THE FIRST*
nuclear power in the region instead of the third.

Tesha

[rvablue]

14. I would venture to say 80% of Americans believe that, hence

why it was such an important question to ask.