President Obama at HVCC

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Unfortunately, there was no time for a coffee break.

AOA was at Barack Obama's speech today at HVCC.

Here's a look at some of what we saw from our little corner of the bleachers...

Here's a collection of our tweets from/about the event (and from everyone).

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Andrew Cuomo got a shout out from the Commander-in-Chief.

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Jill Biden introducing the president.

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President Obama talked about the economy, innovation and education.

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A glimpse of the crowd. Part of it anyway.

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Working, like a dog.

youngest press person.JPGThe youngest press person there, Chloe, covering the event for Scholastic News.

The long trip home.JPG It looks like a nightmare, but getting into and out of the event was remarkably quick and easy.

Comments

Is that CN9's Brian Taffe is see almost cut off on the right of Chloe's picture?

Nice coverage. Good to see some candid pictures of the events.

Yo TU- I'm real happy for you. Imma let you finish. But AOA's tweets from the Prez at Happy Valley were the BEST OF ALL TIME

Kanye North keeps it real

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