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Air Force One Lands In Eugene Before President Obama Departs For Roseburg

KLCC | By Tiffany Eckert

Published October 9, 2015 at 3:24 PM PDT

President Barack Obama arrived in Eugene on Air Force One just before noon today (Friday)-- before heading to Roseburg to meet with victims of the mass shooting at Umpqua Community College. KLCC's Tiffany Eckert joined the Whitehouse Press Pool at the Eugene Airport.

Air Force One in Eugene.

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Tiffany Eckert

Tiffany joined the KLCC News team in 2007. She studied journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia and worked in a variety of media including television, technical writing, photography and daily print news before moving to the Pacific Northwest.

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