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group of protesters show placards as US President Barack Obama's
motorcade arrives at his vacation home in Kailua, Hawaii, on December
28, 2013. The first family is in Hawaii for their annual holiday
vacation. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL
SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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KAILUA, Hawaii (Reuters) - The serenity of
President Barack Obama's
Hawaiian vacation was rattled a little on Saturday when demonstrators
aired grievances against unmanned aircraft and other issues in a small
protest zone near the first family's upscale rented house.
Returning from an early morning gym visit at nearby
Marine Corps Base
Hawaii,
Obama's motorcade passed a few dozen protesters holding signs
with slogans including "Drones: Unethical and Illegal," "U.S. Bases Out"
and "Close Guantanamo Now." Others expressed their opposition to
genetically modified foods.
It marked a second day of peaceful protest surrounding Obama, who is
spending a two-week vacation in Kailua with wife Michelle, daughters
Malia and Sasha, the first lady's mother, Marian Robinson, and the
family's Portuguese Water Dogs, Bo and Sunny.
On Friday evening, as many as 27 protesters turned out to demonstrate
against the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact being negotiated
between the United States and several Asian and South American
countries.
Opponents of TPP say the agreement is being written to benefit large multinational corporations.
"Other than a friendly 'shaka sign' from the president as he drove by in
his motorcade, we have not received a formal response from the White
House," said Mike Hasselle of the MoveOn Honolulu Council, one of the
organizers of the action.
Obama has received mostly a warm reception in and around
Honolulu, where he was born and spent much of his boyhood.
Hundreds of onlookers swelled around his motorcade for about four blocks
on Friday night after the
Obama family dined at
Nobu, an award-winning
Japanese fusion restaurant, in
Waikiki.
As the motorcade pulled away for the 15-mile (24-km) drive back to
Kailua, the crowds clapped, cheered and waved, snapping photographs with
their cellphones.
President Obama in Hawaii
President
Barack Obama and
first lady Michelle Obama arrive to speak to members
of the military and their families in Anderson Hall at Marine Corps Base
Hawaii, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013, in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. The first
family is in Hawaii for a family holiday vacation
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