<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div><span>Courtesy of NBC-Washington (DC) at:</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Family-of-Ducks-Visits-White-House-143726946.html"><a href="http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Family-of-Ducks-Visits-White-House-143726946.html">http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Family-of-Ducks-Visits-White-House-143726946.html</a></a></span><br><span></span><br><span>------------------------------</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-size: 12px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 12px; "><h1 class="title" style="margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 36px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.05em; line-height: 40px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); font-size: 12px; "><h1 class="title" style="margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 36px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.05em; line-height: 40px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 36px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; ">Family of Ducks Visits White House</span></h1><h1 class="title" style="margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 36px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.05em; line-height: 40px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 36px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.45px; line-height: 22px; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); ">Secret Service agents help ducklings get through the fence</span></h1></span></h1></span><div><span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">A mother duck and her ducklings visited the White House Wednesday, but their trip hit a snag.</span></div><div><span></span><span>The ducklings couldn't quite get over the concrete barrier and were stuck milling about outside.</span><br><span></span><br><span>A group of uniformed Secret Service agents saw the separation and went to the ducklings' aid. They lifted each duck through the fence. </span><br><span></span><br><span>Visitors gave the agents a big round of applause afterward. </span><br><span></span><br><span>The ducks were later seen resting in the bushes.</span><br><span></span><br><span>---------------</span><br><span></span><br><span>Video</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU7y5JJXTmI"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU7y5JJXTmI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU7y5JJXTmI</a></a></span><br><span></span><br><span>------------------------------</span><br><span></span><br><span>Seeya round town, Moscow.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Tom Hansen</span><br><span>Moscow, Idaho</span><br><span></span><br><span>"If not us, who?</span><br><span>If not now, when?"</span><br><span></span><br><span>- Unknown</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br></div></div><div></div></body></html>