Obamas Read To DC School Children In Surprise Stop (VIDEO) (PHOTOS)

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have made a surprise stop at a public school to read to children.

The Obamas were at the Capital City Public Charter School in northwest Washington Tuesday. The president told a group of gleeful second-graders: "We were just tired of being in the White House."

A moment earlier the president shook each child's hand.

Watch video from the surprise visit below.

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View photos from the visit in the slideshow below. (photos from Getty/AP)

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