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ELKINS A Randolph County resident was ecstatic to receive a response letter from former President of the United States Barack Obama earlier this summer.

Kevin Watson said he sent a letter to Obama in January, when the president was still in office.

Watson sent the letter of appreciation with a thank-you card directly to the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C.

I thanked him and his wife for their service to the country and the world, Watson stated.

He said he didnt expect a reply, but at the end of June, Watson received a letter dated June 23.

In the reply, Obama thanked Watson for his kind message and his words of support.

I am proud of the progress weve made together, Obama wrote in his letter to Watson.

Thanks to the participation and resolve of everyday Americans like you, our country is a better and stronger place today than it was before I took office, Obama said in the letter.

None of our accomplishments were inevitable they were the result of people from every background and station in life stepping forward and embracing the important responsibilities of citizenship.

As long as we continue working in common effort and presuming the inherent goodness in one another, Im confident our brightest days will always lie ahead, the former president wrote.

The letter then went on to thank Watson for taking the time to write a positive and encouraging note.

It closed with the following: It was the honor of my life to serve as your president, and while there are many milestone moments we will always remember, it was my conversations with people like you that kept me going every single day. Theyve stayed with me and they always will. Thanks for everything I wish you the very best.

Obama was elected Nov. 4, 2008, taking office as the 44th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2009. He was elected to a second term and served until Jan. 20, 2017.

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While retired federal judge Nancy Gertner made some excellent points in her op-ed regarding the admittedly invaluable contributions of whistle-blowers (Leaker or whistle-blower? Aug. 10), she seems to suggest inaccurately that the current administration is solely responsible for stifling whistle-blowers. Gertner overlooks that the ironic imbalance between whistle-blower protection in the private vs. public sector actually began in earnest during the Obama administration.

There is no question that in corporate America, whistle-blower protection has skyrocketed during the last 10 years, fueled by new laws such as Dodd-Frank, enhanced and stepped-up regulatory initiatives at the Department of Labor and the Securities and Exchange Commission, and court rulings expanding rights and remedies for whistle-blowers. Companies have responded, as evidenced by a recent survey by leading compliance solutions provider NAVEX Global that shows that average closure times for whistle-blower cases dropped nearly 10 percent from 2015 to 2016.

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By contrast, those who blow the whistle in the public sector are branded as leakers (Edward Snowden) or, worse, thrown in jail (Chelsea Manning, Reality Winner). Indeed, during the Obama administration, the government criminally prosecuted nine people on charges related to whistle-blowing or leaks, compared with three such prosecutions in all the prior administrations combined.

While the current president may indeed be obsessed with leaks and intent on stifling would-be whistleblowers, the reality is that the seeds of such stifling took root before he took office.

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A Kickstarter page running through the end of August is seeking $100,000 to launch "Barry & Joe - The Animated Series," a crime-fighting animation starring the duo.

The post doesn't describe what format the final product would look like, but in the post Reed says he wants to produce a pilot episode starring Jordan Peele as Obama, Chris Pratt as Biden, and Hayden Planetarium director Neil DeGrasse Tyson as himself, serving as the crime-fighting team's guide.

"[It's] an adult animated sci-fi sitcom. A parody of Quantum Leap and countless other 80's TV classics," Reid writes.

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"Anyone on the left side of the political spectrum who isnt afraid to question everything they know about America."

The Kickstarter has a steep hill to climb to fund the pilot episode of the series, which Reid says will cost $100,000 for "storyboards, recording, animation and sound design."

Just $26,000 has been raised so far.

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