Obama To Attend Wedding Of Personal Chef And MSNBC’s Alex Wagner

President Barack Obama shakes hands with playing partner Sam Kass after finishing a round of golf at the Mid Pacific Country Club, Wednesday, .Jan. 1, 2014 in Lanikai on the island of Oahu, in Hawaii. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is interrupting a weekend trip to return to the White House.

The White House says Obama has changed his plans for Friday and will return to Washington late in the evening after fundraisers in Rhode Island and New York. He had planned to spend the night in New York. Presidential aides say the change in plans was not related to any current events and was the president’s personal choice.

Obama will spend Saturday morning in Washington, then return to New York later in the day for the wedding of his personal chef Sam Kass and MSNBC host Alex Wagner.

The trips come as Obama considers how to respond to the Islamic State terrorist threat and Russia’s apparent invasion of Ukraine.

Obama headlines three events on Friday. Two are just north of New York City in Westchester County, and the third is in Newport, Rhode Island.

The New York fundraisers will benefit the Democratic National Committee, which is still paying off debt from 2012.

In Rhode Island, Obama addresses a fundraiser benefiting the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which works to elect Democrats to the House.

Obama is expected to be joined at the Rhode Island event by House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi.

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  1. I for one am so glad to have an adult in the White House who can set his priorities in order. Maybe between trendy weddings and fund raisers and golf outings he could give some thought to an ISIS strategy, as he freely admits there isn’t any.

  2. Like I give a shit what his itinerary will be over Labor Day weekend…
    You mean, we still aren’t supposed to be all a-twitter that he wears tan colored suits?
    Hope the President has time to get in a BBQ.
    It’ll be raining here in the Midwest on and off for the next 3 days…anyone give a shit about that? I thought so…
    It’ll be good for cool season crops and second plantings however.

    AP is really a totally useless wire service these day.

  3. Cue the Teabagger outrage, in three…two…

  4. I live in San Diego so we can barbecue year-round. On Labor Day I usually make prime rib in a slow oven.

  5. Yummy. If I could afford a flight and be guaranteed that no one would put seat binder clips to protect knee-capping on coach…I’d be there in a jiff.

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