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White House report card: Countdown starts for Obama to leave

By Paul Bedard

Published August 27, 2016 12:47pm ET

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White House report card: Countdown starts for Obama to leave — President Barack Obama tours Castle Place, a flood-damaged area of Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. Obama is making his first visit to flood-ravaged southern Louisiana as he attempts to assure the many thousands who have suffered damage to their homes, schools and businesses that his administration has made their recovery a priority. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) | Susan Walsh

This week’s Weekly White House Report Card finds our graders beginning the countdown clock to the end of Barack Obama’s presidency.

Democratic pollster John Zogby noted that Louisiana’s storm-slammed residents gave Obama an earful on his belated visit and conservative national security expert Jed Babbin expressed dismay that the president didn’t address Iran’s embarrassing intercept of a U.S. Navy destroyer.

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