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Obama’s Zen State, Well, It’s Hawaiian
nytimes.com - 12/25/2008
Obama’s Zen State, Well, It’s Hawaiian
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As the president-elect vacations in Hawaii, his friends say his mood embodies the Aloha Spirit. >
Obama visits Hawaiian base - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com - 12/26/2008
Obama visits Hawaiian base - Los Angeles Times
— latimes.com — Reporting from Kailua, Hawaii -- President-elect Barack Obama visited military families Thursday as they ate Christmas dinner,... thanking them for their service and posing for pictures. Obama visited Marine Corps Base Hawaii near his rented vacation ... (more) Obama visits Hawaiian base - Los Angeles Times

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The Page by Mark Halperin:  "Mele Kalikimaka!"

The Caucus:  The Early Word: Christmas Edition

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"Mele Kalikimaka!"
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... The president-elect celebrates his "Kalikimaka" (Hawaiian for "Christmas") with his family and close friends in Kailua, Hawaii. ...

The Early Word: Christmas Edition
The Caucus — ... in Honolulu, they’ll be joined by family and friends from Chicago throughout the day. The Times’s Jeff Zeleny reports that Mr. Obama will remain in Hawaii until Jan. 1 soaking up what’s known in the islands as the “Aloha Spirit.” It’s a “peaceful state of mind,” and “more than simply a laid-back vibe”: As Mr. Obama walks along the beaches while on vacation, returning to the place of his birth and his adolescence, he is relaxing after the most trying year of his life and recharging for the responsibilities that await. In both cases, friends say, he is doing it ...

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