Subject: Video: President Obama Launches a Marshmallow Cannon
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Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:36:40 -0600

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Video: President Obama Launches a Marshmallow Cannon 

Yesterday, President Obama hosted the second-ever White House Science Fair [ http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/02/07/president-obama-hosts-white-house-science-fair?utm_source=020812&utm_medium=topper&utm_campaign=daily ], featuring robots in the Blue Room, rockets in the Red Room,and marshmallow cannons in the State Dining Room, showcasing the talents of next generation of scientists, engineers, inventors, and innovators.

President Obama got the chance to shoot a marshmallow across the State Dining Room [ http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/02/07/president-obama-launches-marshmallow-cannon?utm_source=020812&utm_medium=topper&utm_campaign=daily ] using 14-year-old inventor Joey Hudy’s "Extreme Marshmallow Cannon":

President Obama Launches a Marshmallow [ http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/02/07/president-obama-launches-marshmallow-cannon?utm_source=020812&utm_medium=topper&utm_campaign=daily ]

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