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Obama seen from multiple screens during live televised address

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 22: (AFP-OUT) U.S. President Barack Obama is seen on live television screens in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House June 22, 2011 in Washington, DC. Obama announced he will order 10,000 troops to pull out of Afghanistan this year, and another 20,000 troops by the end of next summer. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 22: (AFP-OUT) U.S. President Barack Obama is seen on live television screens in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House June 22, 2011 in Washington, DC. Obama announced he will order 10,000 troops to pull out of Afghanistan this year, and another 20,000 troops by the end of next summer. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

Photojournalist Chip Somodevilla found a creative way to tell the story about Obama’s speech tonight.

 

Back in May, the White House decided to end the decades-old practice of re-enactments of presidential speeches for still photographers after a live televised address. Tonight’s speech marks the first since that announcement. Read Stokes Young’s post about the msnbc.com policy of using photographs from re-enactments.
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