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June 9, 2009

Summer storm uproots tree at White House

Posted: June 9th, 2009 06:26 PM ET

From CNN White House Correspondent Suzanne Malveaux

A violent thunderstorm that ripped through the nation's capital late Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (CNN) - A violent thunderstorm that ripped through the nation's capital late Tuesday afternoon knocked down a tree at the White House.

"It was a European Linden that was planted in 1940," said White House spokesman Bill Burton. "It is not a commemorative tree – meaning that it wasn't planted by a President to mark an occasion or individual. Tomorrow, the National Parks Service will likely grind it up into mulch to be used on the grounds."

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skyhawkdriver		June 10th, 2009 6:07 am ET Just another thing the administration of bert and ernie will blame on bush and cheney and rove and limbaugh and hannitty and laura ingraham ..I guess if the tree had socialized health care this wouldn't have happened..maybe the wood can be ground up and sold to the chinese to help reduce the national debt

John G		June 9th, 2009 8:07 pm ET How dare that tree not stand proudly for our President!

Message from Heaven		June 9th, 2009 8:01 pm ET God is trying to tell us something. Are we listening?

Zero.		June 9th, 2009 7:35 pm ET The answer my Friend is Blowing in the Wind. Borack Obama bends in a Breeze.

JK Ashburn, VA		June 9th, 2009 6:28 pm ET Must be Bush's fault. Too much money spent in Iraq and not enough on White House landscaping. They're going to grind it to mulch? Think of the waste of power and the CO2 emissions. They should just leave it to rot if they're really eco-friendly.
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