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Obama Injured Playing Basketball, Gets 12 Stitches

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Credit: Photo courtesy of The Journal Gazette

Game interrupted: President Obama is seen blotting his lip after taking an elbow to the lip in a friendly game of basketball with friends and family Friday. The injury required 12 stiches.

November 26, 2010 Updated Nov 26, 2010 at 6:18 PM EDT

WASHINGTON – President Obama took an elbow to the lip resulting in 12 needed stitches during a pickup basketball game Friday with a group of family and friends visiting for the Thanksgiving holiday. It is unknown whose elbow caught Obama's lip.

Obama received the stitches under local anesthesia in the doctor’s office on the ground floor of the White House.

The president had traveled to Fort McNair to play basketball, one of his favorite past. It was a five-on-five contest involving family and friends and including Reggie Love, Obama’s personal assistant, who played at Duke University.



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