First paws: A history of presidential pets | Synopsis

First paws: A history of presidential pets

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First dog Bo deplanes from Air Force One at the Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station in Bourne, Mass. , Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, as he travel to Martha's Vineyard, Mass. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP Barack Obama and Mitt Romney toured swing states in the final days of the presidential campaign to emphasize their differences. But the two candidates have at least one thing in common: A history of doggie controversy. Obama, who famously promised his daughters a dog if he won the White House, came under fire from animal welfare organizations in 2008 after he and his family adopted purebred Portuguese Water Dog "Bo" from the Kennedy family as opposed to getting a shelter dog as Obama had said the family would do. (Bo might be generously considered a "rescue dog," as he was first given to another family.

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Barack Obama and Mitt Romney toured swing states in the final days of the presidential campaign to emphasize their differences. But the two candidates have at least one thing in common: A history of doggie controversy.

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