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380450 01: President Richard Nixon meets with Elvis Presley December 21, 1970 at the White House. (Photo by National Archive/Newsmakers)

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dylansluv

May 25, 2009 - 02:30 PM GMT

Now THAT's profound!

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Odd Pairs at the Oval Office

President Richard Nixon meets with Elvis Presley

December 21, 1970. Nixon honored Elvis with a drug award. Not for doing drugs, for fighting against them. Seems Elvis wrote a letter to the President concerned about drug use in the U.S. So Nixon gave him a Drug Enforcement Agency badge and made him an honorary agent. Rumor has it Elvis did it to get the badge. He collected them. Whatever the reason, it began a tradition of druggies, radicals, and oddball pairings at the White House.

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