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It’s 12 p.m. Obama is in control

Let’s hope so anyway: A t-shirt on sale in Nairobi, Kenya. From the “Obama in Kenya” blog via Chris Blattman.

By , a former associate editor at Foreign Policy.
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Let's hope so anyway:

Let’s hope so anyway:

A t-shirt on sale in Nairobi, Kenya.

From the “Obama in Kenya” blog via Chris Blattman.

Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating

Tags: Barack Obama, Media

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