NATIONAL BRIEFING / AND FINALLY . . .
President Obama put his stamp on a token gift treasured by travelers on Air Force One -- boxes of M&Ms.;
Seven months after Obama took office, the small boxes bearing the signature of the 44th president were unveiled this weekend in the midst of his four-day, four-state trip through the West.
The boxes containing red, white and blue peanut M&Ms; were handed out on the plane Saturday.
On one side: the presidential seal and Obama’s John Hancock scrawled in gold. On the other: a yellow M&M; marching with an American flag.
The bite-size candy has been a staple of the presidential 747 since at least the Reagan administration.
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