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Obama not a 'pardoning' kind of president

President Obama unquestionably leads his predecessors in at least one area: Denial of pardon and clemency requests.

 

Obama pardons fifth-grader who skipped school

Turns out President Obama signed a pardon recently -- for a 11-year-old Minnesota boy who cut class to see him in the flesh.

 

Obama grants his first pardons

President Barack Obama granted the first pardons of his administration Friday, erasing the records of nine people convicted over the past 50 years for a range of crimes ranging from drug possession to conspiracy to defraud.

 

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