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A shop owner at Union Station has turned his entire store into an Obama memorabilia shop. I took this picture right after he closed last night at 11:00 PM. I don't think I have ever before seen the shop open any later than 7:00 PM. But the late night didn't seem to bother him. He was grinning from ear to ear.
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Obama memorabilia is everywhere. A CVS store has so much, they started to just hang Obama t-shirts on magazine racks.
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Fueling up at an Exxon station near Dupont Circle. It takes a lot of fuel to protect the power elite.
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A lot.
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A large presence of Military Police blocked traffic all around the White House area.
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Outside the Old Executive Office Building, next to the White House.
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Old wooden, three foot high, barriers are so yesterday. This 10 foot high fence is being installed around a major section of the Presidential parade route near the Treasury building and the White House.
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Lots of fence still to go.
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The number of portable johns behind the viewing stands is impressive. They go on for as far as the eye can see.
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Across from the Old Executive Office Building, and a stones throw from the White House, the Corcoran Museum is showing Richard Avedon's Portraits of Power. I saw an armed military police soldier look up at the portraits and heard him say to his armed colleague, "I don't get it."
Hmmm.
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