Here, kitty: Bidens welcome cat named Willow to White House
Source: AP
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have finally added the long-promised cat to their pet family.
Her name is Willow, and she's a 2-year-old, green-eyed, gray and white farm cat from Pennsylvania.
"Willow is settling into the White House with her favorite toys, treats, and plenty of room to smell and explore," said Michael LaRosa, the first lady's spokesperson.
Jill Biden had said after Joe Biden was elected in November 2020 that they would bring a kitty to the White House, but her arrival had been delayed. Last month, the White House said the cat would come in January.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-jill-biden-cats-e3164173bf418f28495a79cd9319ce11
If anyone doubts that the arrival of the First Cat is important news of national interest, then they will need to debate that with my cat and her claws.
The Bidens introduced their new cat, a 2-year-old Tabby named Willow, to the world on Friday, January 28, 2022.
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Beautiful kitty!
Ty for sharing! 
She is a beautiful cat.
Hopefully she will be trained to scratch the eyeballs out of Peter Doocy the next time he asks a stupid question. 
Yup. That would be quite a valuable service! 
Wondering whether she has yet established her overlord statuswith puppers. 
Here she is, pretending to be a piece of bric-a-brac in my curio cabinet. Don’t worry, she can get out on the side, which is open, whenever she wants. She’s a Manx, ‘stumpy,’ about six months old. Her sister, who I also adopted and named Buffy, is also a black Manx, ‘rumpy.’ She’s not as brave as her sister, so I don’t see as much of her yet.
But I also like oaks and maples.
I always like that. 
I'd love to see it.
The kitty in my lap, named Mikey*! What a sweet looking cat! I hope it has many happy years/lives as our First Kitty!
*He goes back to his human today. 
I was caring for him while my former landlord was in limbo while her new house was being built. Now that she's moved in, Mikey can go to the new home now. I was really lucky in finding housing before the place was sold so I could care for the kitty, who adopted me when I moved into my apartment there, so that he only had to move twice. She was house-sitting at different places during this seven month odyssey.
Just hoping she gets along with the pups! Thanks for the good news (for once!) - we need all the good news we can get right now! 
Link to tweet
@FLOTUS
United States government official
Meet Willow!💕
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5:24 AM · Jan 28, 2022 from Washington, DC
2 more images in addition to the OP ones.
Whoever the WH photog is, they are capturing the personality that this near-adolescent age kitty possess.
she still has a "housemate" to deal with.
I just mentioned the WH size because it is huge with plenty of places for a young cat to "hide" meaning that I assume someone is handling that 2-year old when the Bidens are on the road, to keep her confined within certain areas.
And I know it all depends on the cat and dog. One of my sisters has an older female tortie (now about 11) and a youngish male black lab (now almost 7) and OMG. 
It took about 3 years for them to actually remain in the same room - at a distance - because the lab wanted to "play" and the tortie was like WTF? Um no. Then he would drink out of her water bowl and she would eat out his food bowl. It was an absolute riot to watch them whenever I stopped by to visit - especially when they got into the staring matches.
Both do come running to me when I go to visit (I have to "pay toll" (treats) to get past the dog as soon as I walk through the front door).
Perfect companion and "screener". And yes they "sense".
And dogs do too. My sister's dog is friendly to just about everyone (labs tend to be) except for some guy in their neighborhood who goes on a daily jog on their street usually around the time my BIL is walking the dog. And every time they would pass, my BIL would say the dog would suddenly rear up and do a deep growl and get aggressive. Anyone else and his tail is wagging hard enough to knock someone over, just loving the attention.
I love cats...
Wish they could release some pix of Willow w her older sibling Major .
with impunity. There might even be a paw print on an important piece of legislation that the president is about to sign. 
...I'll sleep better knowing Willow is a Tabby and not a Tortie. The last thing we need is a tortie that close to the nuclear football. 
( I say this as one who has been owned by a combination or torties and tabbies for the last 15 year years - my current girl is next to my lap and my tabby boy is trying to help me type)
Thumbs-up for our President!!! 
