"ODONOVAN, Himself" wrote:

New York Times questions timing of Obama family Australia/ Indonesia
trip: No real diplomatic reason to go but it is the kids' spring
break. Date night was cheap by comparison, but this?

He's going to Australia because we are the USA's strongest ally.

But let's face it, he'll take any excuse to get out of that ********
he lives in.

It'll be a breath of fresh air to leave what is arguably the dumbest
people on the planet to rub shoulders with the smartest.