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KAILUA, Hawaii (AP) – The latest on President Barack Obama’s annual two-week

President Obama made his vacation debut for the press on day three while playing golf at Mid Pacific Country Club in Lanikai.

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Obama was playing with childhood friends Greg Orme and Bobby Titcomb, as well as regular golf buddy Darrell Harrington.

The motorcade then headed back toward the Kailua vacation home.

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Obama’s motorcade left his Kailua compound just before 8 a.m. and arrived a few minutes later at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, where he worked out in the gym. It was overcast this morning with rain showers on the windward portion of Oahu where the president is vacationing with his family.

COURTESY RAYMOND YUEN           President Barack Obama spent five hours playing golf Wednesday with friends at the Kapolei Golf Course according to White House press reports