Obama is back in Hawaii

THE OVAL

David Jackson10:44a.m. EST January 2, 2013

(Photo: Gerald Herbert, AP)

The "fiscal cliff" deal is done, so President Obama is back on his Hawaii vacation.

Obama boarded Air Force One at about midnight Tuesday, some 30 minutes after White House remarks saluting the House vote to avert a series of tax hikes and budget cuts known as the fiscal cliff.

"Happy New Year everybody,"' Obama told reporters.

The president landed in Honolulu shortly before 5 a.m. on Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. ET.




Obama and his family began their traditional end-of- the-year vacation on Dec. 21, but the president returned to the White House on Dec. 27 to tend to the fiscal cliff debate. His family stayed back in Hawaii.

The president is scheduled to return to Washington over the weekend.



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