Presidential turkey pardons

President Obama, flanked by daughters Sasha, left, and Malia, pardons Popcorn on the North Portico of the White House.  (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

Two full-grown Broad-breasted White domesticated turkeys, 2 feet tall and about 38 pounds, are paraded before the news media at a hotel in Washington.  (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

Two full-grown Broad-breasted White domesticated turkeys get their close-ups at a hotel in Washington.  (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

President Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia, right, share a moment as he pardons Cobbler, the 2012 National Thanksgiving Turkey, at the White House.  (Alex Wong / Getty Images)

President Clinton is joined by Washington-area schoolchildren in the Rose Garden before the turkey pardoning ceremony.  (Joe Marquette / Associated Press)

President George W. Bush grabs the hand of Ron Prestige, chairman of the National Turkey Federation, to get him to pet Katie, who received a pardon.  (Shawn Thew / AFP/Getty Images)

President George W. Bush pets Flyer after pardoning the National Thanksgiving Turkey during a ceremony in the Rose Garden.  (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Associated Press)