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Obamas arrive in Hawaii for vacation
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-12-25 09:29
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HONOLULU: US President Barack Obama has arrived in Hawaii for a holiday vacation in the state where he lived as a child.
 US President Barack Obama waves as he walks with first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Sasha (L) and Malia on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington before their departure December 24, 2009. Obama is going to spend Christmas and New Year holidays in Hawaii with his family. [Agencies] |
The president, first lady and their daughters arrived on the island of Oahu on Thursday for a more-than-weeklong vacation away from Washington. The Obamas have no public schedule and are expected to celebrate the holidays in private at a rented compound in the town of Kailua.
Obama left the White House earlier on Christmas Eve after the US Senate passed landmark heath care legislation. Obama leaves behind a Washington bitterly divided over his top domestic priority. The first family's departure was delayed until senators took action.
Obama spent part of last December in Hawaii, where his mother and grandmother raised him.
