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Obama honors dads, troops before Father's Day

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WASHINGTON (WKOW) -- President Barack Obama hosts a lunch with two members of the military and two local barbers ahead of Father's Day.

Obama supports a mentoring program aimed at reaching out to fathers with positive parenting advice. He wants to pass along advice from barbers and barbershops.

Obama says that "barbershops are a good place" to share advice about positive parenting techniques.

He ate a barbecue lunch of ribs, collard greens and corn bread. The initiative is called "Fatherhood Buzz." It's a Health and Human Services initiative.

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