Doug Mills/The New York Times Unlike last year, the fly lived on Tuesday.He may be the commander-in-chief, but President Obama apparently has no power to control a lowly fly.
During an event on Tuesday in the East Room of the White House to promote his new health care law, Mr. Obama was repeatedly pestered by the fly. He swatted away at it, to no avail, remarking impromtu that he had once “caught one of those.”
Indeed, it was only the latest fly-swatting incident at the White House. During an interview a year ago with our colleague John Harwood of The Times and CNBC, Mr. Obama ordered a fly to “get out of here” and ultimately killed the insect, drawing the ire of animal rights activists.
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If confirmed to the Supreme Court, Elena Kagan would be the youngest member and the third woman on the current court, but the first justice in decades without any prior judicial experience. 
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