Sunday, August 31, 2014

Obama family attends long-time aide's wedding to TV journalist [PICS]

Obama and his family arrive aboard Air Force One at Westchester County Airport in White Plains
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and their two daughters on Saturday attended the wedding of their long-time friend and food guru Sam Kass to media personality Alex Wagner at a farm outside New York City, the White House said.

Kass is officially Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition Policy and executive director of Let's Move, Michelle Obama's child health initiative that seeks to combat childhood obesity.

President Barack Obama arrives at Westchester Countyl Airport in New York accompanied by his wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014, on his way to Pocantico Hills where they will attend a wedding (AP Photo/David Karp) President Barack Obama, his daughters, Malia, foreground, and Sasha, and first lady Michelle Obama arrive at the Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y. on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014 on their way to the wedding of Sam Kass, their longtime family chef and a close friend of the first family, with MSNBC host Alex Wagner. (AP Photo/David Karp)U.S. President Barack Obama and his family is escorted by U.S. Air Force Colonel John Millard at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland
He has a been a friend of and cook for the Obama family since the 2000s, when he began preparing food for the family in their Chicago home.

Wagner is the host of "Now with Alex Wagner," a liberal-leaning show in the cable channel MSNBC.

Kass and Wagner's wedding took place at Blue Hill at Stone Barns, a farm-to-table restaurant. Cattle were grazing in a meadow by the road and dozens of chickens were scurrying about an enclosure as the president's motorcade swept into the farm.
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President Barack Obama waves as he and first lady Michelle Obama, left, and daughters Sasha, second from right, and Malia walk out of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014, and head to Marine One. The first family is attending the wedding of Sam Kass, their longtime family chef. The bride is MSNBC host Alex Wagner. The wedding is at a farm-to-table restaurant in Westchester County, north of New York City. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, left, walk with their daughters Sasha, second from right, and Malia, right, as they leave the White House in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014, and head to Marine One. The first family is attending the wedding of Sam Kass, their longtime family chef. The bride is MSNBC host Alex Wagner. The wedding is at a farm-to-table restaurant in Westchester County, north of New York City. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The first family, from left, first lady Michelle Obama, Malia Obama, President Barack Obama and Sasha Obama walk out of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014, and head to Marine One on the South Lawn. The first family is attending the wedding of Sam Kass, their longtime family chef. The bride is MSNBC host Alex Wagner. The wedding is at a farm-to-table restaurant in Westchester County, north of New York City. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The first family, from left, first lady Michelle Obama, Malia Obama, Sasha Obama and President Barack Obama walk out of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014, and head to Marine One on the South Lawn. The first family is attending the wedding of Sam Kass, their longtime family chef. The bride is MSNBC host Alex Wagner. The wedding is at a farm-to-table restaurant in Westchester County, north of New York City. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

President Barack Obama, second from left, walks with daughter Malia, left, as first lady Michelle Obama, second from right, and daughter Sasha, right, follow behind, walking from Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014. The first family was returning after attending the wedding of Sam Kass, their longtime family chef. The bride is MSNBC host Alex Wagner. The wedding is at a farm-to-table restaurant in Westchester County, north of New York City. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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