Obama set to begin 2-week summer vacation

By Julie Pace

Published August 9, 2014 1:55pm ET

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Obama set to begin 2-week summer vacation — Passers-by walk near a cut-out of President Barack Obama, left, outside a shop Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard. President Obama and his family are returning to the island off the Massachusetts mainland Saturday. The president is doing something unusual with his summer vacation on Martha's Vineyard: He'll come back to Washington midway through the getaway to attend White House meetings. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) | Steven Senne

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is opening a two-week summer vacation in Martha’s Vineyard just as the U.S. is engaged in airstrikes against Islamic militant targets in Iraq.

Obama is due to arrive on the Massachusetts island Saturday afternoon. He’s breaking up his vacation with a two-day return to Washington midway through the trip.

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