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(85,996 posts) Sat Mar 31, 2012, 08:33 AM Mar 2012

from The Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123130/Obama-plays-gentleman-bends-pick-coin-dropped-female-Marine-gave-her.html

WHEN the President gives you a gift, it is a good idea to keep a tight hold on it . . . Sergeant Kristie Ness learned that lesson the hard way on Friday when she dropped a challenge coin handed to her by Barack Obama.

But the Commander in Chief proved himself to be a perfect gentleman as he knelt down to the coin up and gave it back to the red-faced Marine.

Ms Ness received the coin from Mr Obama at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland in acknowledgment of her service on board his helicopter, Marine One, ahead of her last flight with the President.

article:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123130/Obama-plays-gentleman-bends-pick-coin-dropped-female-Marine-gave-her.html