<p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">Barack Obama showed great restraint as he delivered a speech yesterday – as a pesky fly buzzed around him and even landed on his face as he was speaking. </font><br></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">The President was shown repeatedly batting off the unwelcome attentions of the insect as he talked about healthcare in the East Room of the White House. </font><br></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">But Mr Obama was careful not to kill the insect– after coming under fire from an animal rights group last year for swatting a fly dead as he gave a TV interview.</font><br></p><div class="clear"> </div><div class="artSplitter">
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<p class="imageCaption">Touch down: The errant insect managed to land on the President's face several times <br></p></div>
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</div><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">The incident, which saw the father-of-two proudly declare: ‘I got the sucker’ prompted outrage from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta). </font><br></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">'We support compassion even for the most curious, smallest and least sympathetic animals,' Peta spokesman Bruce Friedrich said. </font><br></p><div class="clear"> </div><div class="artSplitter">
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</div><div class="clear"> </div><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">'We believe that people, where they can be compassionate, should be, for all animals.'</font><br></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">Friedrich added he had sent a ‘Katcha Humane Bug Catcher’ to Mr Obama so he could get rid of the pesky insects without killing them. </font><br></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">While the President didn’t have his device to hand this time, he seemed careful to show he had heeded Peta’s words and the fly escaped unscathed. </font><br></p>
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</div><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">The incident, which saw the father-of-two proudly declare: ‘I got the sucker’ prompted outrage from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta). </font><br></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">'We support compassion even for the most curious, smallest and least sympathetic animals,' Peta spokesman Bruce Friedrich said. </font><br></p><div class="clear"> </div><div class="artSplitter">
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<p class="imageCaption">Death stare: Mr Obama was caught on film last year swatting a fly dead </p>
</div><div class="clear"> </div><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">'We believe that people, where they can be compassionate, should be, for all animals.'</font><br></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">Friedrich added he had sent a ‘Katcha Humane Bug Catcher’ to Mr Obama so he could get rid of the pesky insects without killing them. </font><br></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">While the President didn’t have his device to hand this time, he seemed careful to show he had heeded Peta’s words and the fly escaped unscathed. </font><br></p>
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