Obamas Cuts Vacation Short for Kennedy Ceremony
President Obama and his family were supposed to be on vacation in Martha’s Vineyard all this week, but after several disruptions for official business, they’re cutting their time-off short as the president and first lady head to Boston to pay respects to Senator Ted Kennedy. For an update on the Obamas’ vacation, we talk to Boston Herald columnist, Laura Raposa, who is in Martha’s Vineyard.
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