PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA presses the flesh with some of the 4,500 admirers who packed UVM’s Gutterson Fieldhouse for his quick trip to the Green Mountain State last Friday. Independent photo/Oliver Parini
BURLINGTON — “It’s good to be in Vermont!”
That was the understatement from President Barack Obama as he stepped in front of a deafening crowd at the University of Vermont last Friday afternoon. Gutterson Fieldhouse was packed with 4,500 admirers, and they let the first sitting president to visit Vermont in 17 years know he was appreciated.
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