Fly proves buzzkill for Obama at White House event

Call it President Obama versus the fly, Part 2. 

Only this time, the fly won. 

When Obama appeared in the East Room for a personnel announcement on Thursday, a fly landed right smack in the middle of his forehead, taking some attention away from his photo-op and drawing the clicks of the photographers in the room. 

Obama paused to take a few swats at the fly. 

"This guy is bothering me here," he said, as the fly circled him and then seemingly flew away for less presidential pastures. 

It wasn't Obama's first run in with a pesky pest. He paused during a 2009 interview with CNBC to take a whack at another fly, using his right hand to kill a fly that landed on his left hand. 

"Now where were we?" he asked, before proudly adding, "That was pretty impressive. I got the sucker." 

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