Obama Laments His ‘Busted’ NCAA Bracket

President Barack Obama holds a basketball at a ceremony honoring the 2012 NCAA Women's basketball champions Baylor University Bears in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. (AP Pho... President Barack Obama holds a basketball at a ceremony honoring the 2012 NCAA Women's basketball champions Baylor University Bears in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) MORE LESS
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After he swore in Julia Pierson as the new Secret Service director on Wednesday, President Barack Obama lamented the state of his NCAA bracket during the ‘March Madness’ basketball tournament. From the White House pool report:

In response to your pooler’s question about how he’s feeling about his bracket, POTUS stopped to answer:

“Busted,” he said, smiling.

Biden interrupted: “Delaware won last night….”

Obama then added: “I think my women’s bracket ‘s done much better than my men’s bracket.”

View Obama’s bracket here.

The Hill’s Jeremy Herb offers another take:

(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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