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20-Year-Old Ad Reveals That Obama's Voice Used to Be Sexier

Lauri Apple · 11/19/11 04:04PM

In 1991, when he was commander-in-chief of the Harvard Law Review, then-twentysomething President Barack Obama made this ad about 20th century lawyer Charles Hamilton Houston for TBS's "Black History Minute." The video shows a less-polished, deeper-voiced Obama, before he acquired years of public-speaking experience and quit the smokey treats.