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Originally Posted by janmcn
If you read the article in Politico, you will see that this is a decision made by the Secret Service, not President Obama. The policy, as is explained in the article, is when the president is seated at the dais, as he is at the White House Correspondents Dinner, these restrictions do not apply. However, when the president is mingling with the crowd, no utensils are allowed. How can a secret service agent distinguish a real knife from an eating utensil from a few feet away?
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at least that's the reporter's take on it, eh? will we ever know the fact[s] behind the story? who really cares - the entire thread is just so much fun and is so funny!
