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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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First lady Pat Nixon receives the annual live Thanksgiving turkey on Nov. 23, 1971.

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