World Leaders on Vacation

Barack Obama
U.S. President Barack Obama will suspend recession-fighting for a week in August to take a break with his family in tony Martha's Vineyard. Obama (with his daughters, above, on a beach in Hawaii last August) chose a vacation spot where a week's rent ranges from $30,000 to $50,000, a decision that is already being exploited by Republican foes. On the other hand, it might make their labeling Obama a "socialist" slightly harder.

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