When Biden, Obama and other presidents had their vacations cut … – POLITICO

Category: Obama

2011

Hurricane Irene forced Obama to end his vacation a day early from Marthas Vineyard. Obama later addressed the nation about the hurricane, which left at least 49 people killed.

Also in 2011, Obama briefly interrupted his vacation at Marthas Vineyard and claimed victory after rebels seized Tripoli and drove Col. Moammar Gadhafi into hiding. Speaking from the Vineyard, Obama praised the rebel advances.

During another trip to Marthas Vineyard a few years prior, Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy died of brain cancer while still in office. A few days later, Obama traveled to Boston to deliver the eulogy.

He was a product of an age when the joy and nobility of politics prevented differences of party and philosophy from becoming barriers to cooperation and mutual respect, a time when adversaries still saw each other as patriots, Obama said during the eulogy.

During his winter vacation, Obama addressed the nation twice from Hawaii after Christmas bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to blow up a plane bound for Detroit.

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