The youth contest for $250,000 — part of the White House’s Freedom 250 festivities — featured over 120 competitors drawn from a murky selection process.
If the Commanders defense plays like one of the NFL’s best units this season, then an offense that’s merely good would put the team in the playoff mix.
The president was accompanied by some of his most loyal aides but no top administration officials as he made the clandestine move to a different plane to leave Turkey last month.
In his first public comments on the operation, the president downplayed the risks to officials and journalists who remained on Air Force One for the flight from Turkey.