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The First Dog finally has a baseball card to call his own.

The White House released Bo Obama's official portrait and baseball card Friday, complete with fun facts.

The Portuguese water dog (who, according to the card, ironically cannot swim) was named after both the first lady's father, whose nickname was "Diddley," and the first daughters' cousins, who have both a cat named "Diddley" and another cat named "Bo."

Born in fall 2008, Bo was a gift from Senator Edward Kennedy and his wife. His favorite food is apparently "tomatoes – or toys," he enjoys running and "then napping near the Obama girls," and his hobbies include playing on the lawn and going for walks.

His goal while in the White House? "Make friends with foreign dognitaries."

UPDATE: Gawker discovers the shocking truth: Bo doesn't really eat tomatoes! (The claim was a joke tied to a comment President Obama made about the dog getting into the first family's vegetable garden. Tomatoes are actually poisonous for dogs.)

President Obama's pick to succeed Supreme Court Justice David Souter, Sonia Sotamayor, is an ideal candidate for the seat, CBS News Chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer told CBSNews.com in an interview Tuesday.

"If you were going to sit down and make up a resume for someone, it would be hard to make up a better resume than what she brings to the table," he said.

"She ended the baseball strike and ruled with the players," Schieffer says in reference to the president's remarks earlier today. "In addition to all of the other compelling things that she has in her life story, she is also a big baseball fan."

Schieffer said "tough questions are coming," from Republicans during the looming debate over her confirmation. "They will try to paint her as an activist judge...someone who will try to make up the law from the bench."

Take a look at the interview below:

President Obama covered a wide range of issues in his first primetime press conference, touching on topics as disparate as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and revelations that Alex Rodriguez had abused steroids during his Major League Baseball career. What follows is a series of excerpts from the press conference.

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