Obama spends his 51st birthday on the golf course
- President Barack Obama lines up a putt on the first green at Andrews Air Force Base …
WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama celebrated his 51st birthday on
Saturday with a round of golf, then helicoptered to the Camp David
presidential retreat for a quiet evening off the campaign trail.
Obama, an avid golfer,
played with colleagues and friends at the Andrews Air Force Base in hot,
muggy weather conditions before taking Marine One to Maryland's
Catoctin Mountains in the afternoon.
The White House did not
release details of the president's evening plans or share the menu for
the birthday meal he was expected to share with wife, Michelle.
Their daughters were at
summer camp this week and it was not clear whether they would be present
at the rustic getaway that the Obamas have visited less than past White
House residents. The president often opts to golf at Andrews or play
basketball in downtown Washington to unwind on the weekends.
Obama is set to visit
Connecticut and Colorado for campaign events next week, and will host a
re-election fundraiser with a birthday theme at his family home in
Chicago next weekend.
Vice President Joe Biden
said in a campaign email last month that supporters donating $5 or more
would be entered into a raffle for a chance to attend that event at the
Obama residence.
"Take it from me. You'll have fun at this one," Biden wrote.
(Reporting by Samson Reiny
in Washington and Eric Johnson in Chicago; Writing by Laura MacInnis;
Editing by Anthony Boadle)
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