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Four full days into his Hawaii vacation, Barack Obama went to Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay on Monday for his usual 50-minute workout and made a brief stop at the Kailua Racquet Club, a 72-year-old club that was established as a private hideaway amid a...
"We will continue to use every element of our national power to disrupt, dismantle and defeat the violent extremists who threaten us," the President said. "It's absolutely critical that we learn from this incident and take the necessary measures to prevent future acts of terrorism." He also noted, "We...
On Sunday night, as he headed for dinner at swanky Alan Wong's, Obama's motorcade drove past Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, the hospital where he was born, as well as the Baskin-Robbins where he held his first job as a teenager. Pool reports noted that...
While the Obamas were at dinner, a security barrier was set up outside the restaurant. But it didn't inconvenience diners at nearby restaurants too badly, says Janice Respicio, a manager of Gyotaku Japanese restaurant. "We had traffic in front, but not too bad," Respicio says. "But we were pretty...
Another bonus, Shinn says, is that she gets the advantage of heightened security, with Secret Service agents and two checkpoints on her street. "You do feel safer because hardly anyone can come around," she says. "But I feel sorry for the people living on the canal [that runs through the...