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Presidents pardoning turkeys: Executive clemency most fowl

Part photo op, part unusual tradition, the President pardons a turkey every Thanksgiving.

Federal News Network Staff

November 21, 2017 1:00 pm

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In this photo released by The White House, Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, two turkeys set to be pardoned by President Donald Trump are shown in a Washington hotel, Sunday Nov. 19, 2017. President Trump will pardon them on Tuesday.

(White House Photo by Hannah MacInnis via AP)

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