The president holds his umbrella for staffers without their own. This happens when only President Obama has an umbrella?
When the president arrives on the South Lawn of the White House via a Marine Nighthawk helicopter, the customary protocol is for him to be well inside the White House before staffers follow behind. But in a driving rainstorm upon returning from New Jersey on Monday, Obama paused at the back entrance to the helicopter and motioned for two senior staffers to come out with him.
Evidently, Obama had the only umbrella on the helicopter.
The president then shared his umbrella with Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett and Deputy Chief of Staff Anita Decker Breckenridge back to the Oval Office. A Marine guard and Secret Service agents stood by, drenched.
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