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WASHINGTON — The first family settled into their new lives in the White House on Thursday as President Barack Obama won an important personal victory: He gets to keep his BlackBerry.
Obama will be the first sitting president to use e-mail, and he has been reluctant to part with his ever-present device. Its use will be limited to keeping in touch with senior staff and personal friends, said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs.
Gibbs said Obama was enjoying living “above the store” and had time for dinner with the family Wednesday.
“I think that obviously means a lot to him as a father,” Gibbs said.
It was back to business for daughters Sasha and Malia, too, who returned to classes at the private Sidwell Friends School on Thursday.
