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WASHINGTON: With Washington's unusually long winter hopefully over, President Barack Obama took a break from the confines of the White House to take a short stroll on the streets -- something he did last year too.
At noon, under a cloudless blue sky and a balmy 22 degrees Celsius temperature, Obama, wearing a black tie and white shirt, but no jacket walked out of the presidential mansion's northwest gate with 2015 National Teacher of the Year Shana Peeples, according to a pool report.
He then stopped at Teaism, an Asian-inspired tea house just across the street from Lafayette Park in front of the White House. A few people sitting at outside tables waved as Obama walked by.
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He was carrying a brown paper shopping bag and plastic cup "filled with a liquid that appeared to be tea", the poll report said.
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In May 2014 too, he had surprised tourists on the National Mall, choosing to walk rather than ride to a meeting at the interior department.
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