Obama 'pardons' turkey in Thanksgiving tradition

President Barack Obama symbolically pardoned a turkey on Wednesday, a White House tradition on the eve of the US Thanksgiving holiday when Americans will feast on the poultry. "America is, after all, a country of second chances, and this turkey has earned a second chance to live out the rest his life comfortably," said a beaming Obama in the gardens of the presidential mansion, flanked by his daughters Malia and Sasha. "It is hard to believe this is my seventh year of pardoning a turkey.