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Obama: Smoocher-in-Chief?

A look at President Obama's kiss list

By Emily Rauhala, Newser User

Posted Jan 26, 2010 7:07 AM CST

(Newser) – When you're the president of the United States, a kiss, apparently, is never just a kiss. Yesterday, the president pecked Diane Sawyer on the cheek before an interview. "It was like a current events-themed Harlequin novel," writes Gawker's Adrian Chen. And it wasn't... Read full story »

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