This is way more than 1,000 words. In this photo essay for LIFE, Brooks Kraft gives us an inside view of the lives of the Secret Service agents who protect the President. It’s worth a clickthrough, though this one is my favorite.
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1,000 Words: Snow Edition
1,000 Words: Free Bo!
From the White House photofeed. It seems there were too many of those accidents on the Oval Office carpet:
1,000 Words: Do-It-Yourselfer Edition
From the President’s trip to an Alexandria, Va., Home Depot the other day. (H/T @delrayser, who called this one to my attention):
1,000 Words: Boss Edition
I’m a bit tardy on this, but really, is it ever too late? Our White House Photo Blog offers us this glimpse from last weekend’s Kennedy Center Honors festivities:
1,000 Words: West Point Edition
1,000 Words: Gate-crasher Edition
The White House has put out this photo of gate-crashers Michaele and Tareq Salahi meeting the President in the receiving line of last week’s state dinner. So, Swampland commenters, what do you think they were saying here?:
After the jump, statements from the Secret Service and White House spokesman Nick Shapiro:
1,000 Words: Happy Thanksgiving Edition
This photo by Brooks Kraft comes to us via our White House Photo Blog. I love the look on Sasha’s face. What parent hasn’t felt that one when you are doing something that your offspring finds a bit embarrassing?
Happy Thanksgiving to all our Swampland readers, and especially to our regular commenters! You are what we are feeling …
1,000 Words: Thanksgiving Commemorative Edition
Word is, the Obama turkey pardon is set for today. But I’ve decided commemorating this one, which inspired what may have been our very first caption contest, should become an annual tradition here in Swampland. They just don’t get any better:
1,000 Words: Fun and Games Edition
While “1,000 Words” breathlessly awaits the annual presidential pardon of the Thanksgiving turkey, we amuse ourselves with this photo from our White House Photo Blog:
1,000 Words: Clean-Up Edition
From our White House Photo Blog, this scene from President Obama’s trip to China:
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From our White House Photo Blog. Would this man’s condition be covered under health reform?
1,000 Words: Overseas Edition
From our photo gallery. Who’s the man behind the mask?
