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"It's not done very often," said spokeswoman Lorna Carmichael. "It has to be a very special occasion. We only do it after very dramatic news, like the 9/11 attacks or the London transport bombings, things like that."



I'm surprised they didn't word this a different way. It's just a guess, but I doubt they intentionally wanted to equate Obama being elected president with 9/11 and the London bombings. I could be wrong though.
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