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     COMMENTS: Bo is no Name for an Anchor

CBS previewed the arrival of First Dog Bo on Monday with Nancy Cordes. NBC's Norah O'Donnell and ABC's John Berman both waited for the Portuguese water puppy's formal introduction to the White House press corps. Both dutifully recorded the Obama family's soundbites about Bo's love for the First Lady's tomatoes and his inability to swim yet and his being barred from sleeping in the First Bedroom. Channeling Harry Truman, Barack Obama announced: "I finally got a friend." ABC's Berman slyly sucked up to his anchor, noting that Bo was not the puppy's first name. "His first owner called him Charlie. Now that is a nice name."

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