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02 Jun 2012 41 views
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Obama Writes Excuse for 11-year-old who Missed School to Attend Speech
11-year old Tyler Sullivan never made it into school on Friday, but he has a pretty good excuse. After the boy and his dad watched a presidential speech in the front row at the Honeywell factory, the Minnesota boy was shocked when President Obama offered a hand-written note to give his teacher for excusing the absence.

11-year old Tyler Sullivan never made it into school on Friday, but he had a pretty good excuse.

After the boy and his dad watched a presidential speech in the front row at a Honeywell factory, the Minnesota boy was shocked when President Obama offered a hand-written note to give his teacher for excusing the absence.

"He was with me!"

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