DC808 has this item on how Barack Obama is continuing to delay his Christmas vacation because of unfinished business in D.C.

Meanwhile, a blog for the Los Angeles Times has this post on FLOTUS and the kids swimming in the windward surf.

Excerpt:

They’re staying in a five-bedroom home sandwiched between a canal and Kailua Bay on the east side of Oahu. Once he tears himself away from House Speaker John Boehner, the president can look forward to drinking in the 80-degree sunshine and gazing at the green sea turtles.


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