Obama puts his beloved BlackBerry to work

January 29, 2009 Obama puts his beloved BlackBerry to work (AP)

President Barack Obama checks his BlackBerry as he walks along the West Wing Colonnade towards the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

(AP) -- He won the fight to keep it. Now, Barack Obama is putting his beloved BlackBerry to work. Upon returning to the White House on Thursday morning after a trip to his younger daughter's school for a class presentation, the president walked along the West Wing Colonnade toward the Oval Office while looking down at the electronic communicating device he held in both hands.

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