It's not President Obama's M.O. to pick people up at the airport, but for the pope he'll make an exception.
When Pope Francis touches down at a military base outside of Washington, D.C., on Tuesday afternoon, the president will greet him personally. It's a welcome he "has extended to virtually no other foreign visitor," The New York Times reports.
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