Photos: "I want YOU .... to eat your sweet potatoes." (The Obama Presidency, Day 639)

[Clio the Leo]

"... and I want YOU to NOT tell me that you're gay ... quite yet."

NEW YORK - OCTOBER 20: Gay activist Dan Choi walks into the Times Square Armed Forces Recruiting Center after he reenlisted in the U.S. Army October 20, 2010 in New York City. Today the Obama administration petitioned a federal appeals court to suspend a court ruling that overturned the military's gay 'don't ask, don't tell' policy, but in the meantime the Pentagon has started complying with the ruling.



http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/10/20/one-work-art-one-relationship-one-lifetime-a-time">"One Work of Art, One Relationship, One Lifetime at a Time."
First lady Michelle Obama, acting as the honorary chair of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, applauds winners of the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.


Honorees from the Brooklyn Cultural Adventures Program, Ellen F. Salpeter, founding director, Heart of Brooklyn, and BCAP Adventurer Jamell Allen-Thomas, 11, stand with First lady Michelle Obama, in the East Room of th White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 during the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards.



A soldier guards a door as Dan Choi, right, an Iraq War veteran and a West Point graduate who was discharged from the military in July because he announced publicly that he is gay, sit inside the U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Center in Times Square filling out re-enlistment documents



First lady Michelle Obama picks up a pumpkin as she participates in the White House Kitchen Garden Fall Harvest with students on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010.


First lady Michelle Obama holds up broccoli








U.S. first lady Michelle Obama lifts a large sweet potato that she helped dig from the ground


U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (R) gathers with chefs including French chef Daniel Boulud (L) and school children during the fall harvest of the White House Kitchen Garden at the White House in Washington, October 20, 2010.




NEW YORK - OCTOBER 20: Gay activist Dan Choi stands outside the Times Square Armed Forces Recruiting Center after he reenlisted in the U.S. Army October 20, 2010 in New York City. Today the Obama administration petitioned a federal appeals court to suspend a court ruling that overturned the military's gay 'don't ask, don't tell' policy, but in the meantime the Pentagon has started complying with the ruling.



White House kitchen staff stop to watch Marine One land to pick up U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House on October 20, 2010 in Washington, DC. President Obama is traveling to Oregon to attend a rally for gubernatorial incumbent John Kitzhaber (D-OR).





http://www.examiner.com/progressive-in-portland/10-000-cheer-for-obama-kitzhaber-at-oregon-convention-center">10,000 cheer for Obama, Kitzhaber, at Oregon Convention Center
The crowd listens to President Barack Obama speak during a rally for Oregon Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Kitzhaber Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010, in Portland, Ore.





















http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7737230">Lt. Choi speaks out about appeal ruling