Ahmed Mohamed, Timekeeping Savant, Visits The White House, Meets Obama
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Date: October 20, 2015 08:01AM
"Ahmed Mohamed, the Muslim teenager who was arrested and sent to juvenile detention last month after bringing a homemade clock to his high school, visited the White House Monday evening following a personal invitation from President Barack Obama.
Ahmed, 14, attended the White House's Astronomy Night, along with other students, teachers, scientists and astronauts, as well as TV personalities like Bill Nye and the stars of "Mythbusters." It's the second time the White House has hosted the event, which includes stargazing on the White House's South Lawn.
Obama and Ahmed met and chatted briefly during the event.
"We have to watch for and cultivate and encourage those glimmers of curiosity and possibility, not suppress them, not squelch them," Obama said at the event. "Not only are the young people's futures at stake, but our own is at stake."