The World’s Most Awkward Pause
President Obama doesn’t seem like the quiet type, so why did he stand in dead silence for a full minute before beginning a speech on Friday? Jury's out, but it certainly made for very uncomfortable television.

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President Obama doesn’t seem like the quiet type, so why did he stand in dead silence for a full minute before beginning a speech on Friday? Jury's out, but it certainly made for very uncomfortable television.
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