Obama Arrives in Honolulu, Hawaii to Kick Off 17-Day Christmas Vacation


Obama arrives in his native Hawaii for 17-day holiday vacation (The Washington Post)

KAILUA, Hawaii — President Obama confessed in his year-end news conference that he was “eager to skip town.” He did just that this weekend, jetting to his birthplace of Hawaii for his annual surfside respite, recharging before plunging into what he hopes will be a more productive 2014.

The president, smiling and visibly relaxed, stepped off Air Force One and onto a warm and breezy Hono­lulu tarmac shortly before midnight Friday. He was accompanied by his wife, Michelle; their two daughters, Malia and Sasha; his mother-in-law, Marian Robinson; and the family’s Portuguese water dogs, Bo and Sunny.

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