President Obama presents the Air Force Academy's football team with Commander-in-Chief Trophy - pics

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Members of the US Air Force Academy football team listen while US President Barack Obama speaks during an event in the East Room of the White House April 23, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Obama presented the Air Force Academy's football team with the Commander-in-Chief Trophy.


WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 23: U.S. President Barack Obama (C) poses for photographs with the Air Force Academy football team seniors after presenting the team with the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy April 23, 2012 in Washington, DC. The Air Force beat the Army and Navy in 2011 to claim the trophy for the 18th time.




U.S. President Barack Obama looks at a souvenir ball presented to him by Air Force Academy football team Quarterback Tim Jefferson, as Obama honored the team for winning the Commander-in-Chiefs trophy, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 23, 2012.




WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 23: U.S. President Barack Obama strikes a pose, like the figure on the Heisman Trophy, while presenting the U.S. Air Force Academy football team seniors with the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy April 23, 2012 in Washington, DC. The Air Force beat the Army and Navy in 2011 to claim the trophy for the 18th time.







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Obama salutes Air Force Academy football team
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON --

President Barack Obama struck a football running back's pose after congratulating the Air Force Academy football team for winning the Commander in Chief trophy, the academy's second in two years and 18th overall.

Obama presented the trophy during a ceremony Monday in the White House East Room. Air Force defensive star Jon Davis gave Obama a team jersey and the game ball from Air Force's victory over the Naval Academy.

Davis told Obama: "You're the man," and asked him to strike a "Heisman pose." Obama obliged, getting into a slight running crouch and extending his arm as cameras flashed wildly.

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