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A Photographic Guide To Looking Concerned While Meeting With The President -- The Wire

If you're ever in a meeting with the leader of the free world, you know it's important. Or rather, you better show it's important. After careful study of the photographic record of the Obama administration, we can tell you everything you need to know about how to appropriately convey your sense of concern about whatever the other people in the room are talking about.

There are several ways you can do this—leaning forward, nodding, not falling asleep—but the most effective method that we've found is to place your hand on your chin or over your mouth. Nothing says "I'm concerned with this issue that you are speaking of" like a couple of well-placed fingers on the lower half of your face.

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My Comment: Yup .... Vice President Biden is a natural when it comes to looking concerned.