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Star Wars mania comes to the White House

White House Press secretary Josh Earnest is joined by Star Wars Storm Troopers and R2D2 in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Friday, Dec

The Jakarta Post
Washington
Sat, December 19, 2015

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Star Wars mania comes to the White House White House Press secretary Josh Earnest is joined by Star Wars Storm Troopers and R2D2 in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. The movie characters will greet children of Gold Star families who are attending a special screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens later today at the White House Family Theater. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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span class="inline inline-center">White House Press secretary Josh Earnest is joined by Star Wars Storm Troopers and R2D2 in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. The movie characters will greet children of Gold Star families who are attending a special screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens later today at the White House Family Theater. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

President Barack Obama began his year-end press conference Friday by letting reporters know their meeting wouldn't be the most important event taking place Friday.

That honor went to a special screening of "The Force Awakens" for Gold Star families who have lost relatives to combat- or service-related injuries.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest also got into the spirit, posing for pictures with R2-D2 and two Stormtroopers in the press briefing room. R2-D2 also interacted with reporters by playing the Star Wars theme song and some patriotic tunes.

Obama left the press conference saying he needed to get to "Star Wars." He has not yet issued a presidential review. (dan)

 

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