White House Wags: Obama Family Pet Will Join Long Line of Historic Dogs

By Leah Nylen and CQ Staff

Posted February 12, 2009 at 1:00am

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Murphy Brown.
Adjoa Adofo, Joanna Anderson, Annie Johnson, Leah Nylen, Jennifer Scholtes, Michael Teitelbaum and Greg Vadala helped research this story and compile photographs.

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