Obama visits White House press room on birthday, notes birthday of longtime correspondent

WASHINGTON — You say it’s your birthday. It’s my birthday, too. On the day he turned 48, President Barack Obama decided to splash a little celebration on someone with whom he shares the birthday: legendary White House correspondent Helen Thomas, now a columnist with Hearst Newspapers. She turned 89 on Tuesday.

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