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President Obama refuses to deplane Air Force One until Game 7 is over

It took until Game 7, but basketball fans finally got a game that went down to the wire in the NBA Finals between the Cavaliers and Warriors. And being the hoops head that he is, President Barack Obama wasn’t about to miss the ending of Cleveland’s 93-89 victory.

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Returning from Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico and Yosemite National Park in California — a trip to encourage people to visit national parks — Obama and his family landed at Joint Base Andrews on Sunday night at 10:19 p.