Obama leaves DC for Massachusetts island vacation

President Barack Obama has arrived in Massachusetts for his two-week summer vacation, which comes as the U.S. is engaged in airstrikes against Islamic militant targets in Iraq.


Obama and his family landed at a Coast Guard station on Cape Cod before heading to their final destination - Martha's Vineyard.


Before leaving the White House, he told reporters that he was ready 'to not have a suit on for a while.'


Obama is breaking up his vacation with a two-day return to Washington midway through the trip.


The president typically keeps a low-profile on his annual summer vacations. But he will headline a Democratic fundraiser on the island Monday night.


The president and his family are staying in a rented vacation house in the town of Chilmark.


President Barack Obama said Saturday that the United States has been successful in destroying arms and equipment in Iraq through a series of targeted airstrikes that began Friday.



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President Barack Obama departed Washington late Saturday morning for Martha's Vineyard, where he and his family will vacation for two weeks.






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