Sasha Obama, the younger daughter of U.S. President Barack Obama, pets the 2011 Thanksgiving Turkey, Liberty, after President Obama pardoned the turkey during a ceremony on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, November 23, 2011. Since 1989 every U.S. President has pardoned the Thanksgiving Turkey. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES – Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY ANIMALS)