6 Times Obama Has Tried to Calm America With Stagecraft
President Barack Obama has often used photo ops to try and reassure nervous Americans.
Obama at the White House on Oct, 31, 2013
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President Barack Obama was about to board Marine One for a round of last-minute campaigning in Wisconsin to buck-up jittery Democrats, but before escaping Washington he had to address a different kind of emotion: Fear.
Standing on the White House lawn on Tuesday, Obama reminded Americans—once again—that the U.S. remained largely safe from Ebola, a virus, he noted, that has yet to claim a single American life. "The point is that this disease can be contained. It will be defeated. Progress is possible," he assured the nation.