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President Barack Obama spent a leisurely five hours golfing Sunday afternoon as his Martha’s Vineyard vacation continues while Iraq falls further into chaos.As Obama was midway through his golf outing reports from Baghdad erupted with rumors that Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki was staging a coup to hold on to power as Iraq struggles to form a new government while fighting off the ISIS terrorists’ conquest of large swaths of Iraq.Right before heading off for his annual two week vacation at Martha’s Vineyard, Obama ordered air strikes against ISIS to ward off a possible advance against Erbil in Kurdish controlled...

President Obama spent Saturday afternoon at the golf course, just a few hours before he is set to attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner later this evening. The president golfed at Joint Base Andrews with former U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and White House aides Marvin Nicholson and Michael Brush.

Yesterday Speaker House leader Boehner,President Obama,V.P. Biden and Gov.Kasich all teed off at 2:00 pm at Andrews Air Force Base Golf and Country Club.They played 18 holes of golf betting a dollar each.Boehner and Obama won.

The Obama administration moved swiftly Monday to downplay ratings agency Standard & Poor's downgrade of its U.S. credit outlook, calling the decision a political judgment that should not be taken too seriously. The timing of S&P's announcement was unwelcome for the White House, coming just as President Obama tried to regain the initiative on the deficit debate in Washington. Last week Obama laid out his plan to reduce the budget deficit by $4 trillion over 12 years, trying to give markets confidence that he was serious about tackling U.S. fiscal woes. House Republican leader Eric Cantor on Monday called the...

Barack Obama hit the links again on Sunday, making it four straight weeks where the president has worked on his golf game. This week, Obama played at Andrews Air Force Base. Obama's group comprised Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and administration aides Marvin Nicholson and Eugene Kang, according to the pool report. The team played 18 holes, on account of the mostly mild weather. Last week, the president was at Fort Belvoir where he teed off with Vice President Joe Biden

Waunakee man sinks hole-in-one, bowls perfect 300 in 24 hours (Published Friday, October 17, 2003 08:56:45 AM CDT) Associated Press MADISON, Wis. -- Paul Hughes is hot these days. The 74-year-old Waunakee man hit a hole-in-one and bowled a perfect 300 game in a 24-hour span earlier this week. Hughes, a retired heating and plumbing business owner, sank the hole-in-one on the 149-yard fifth hole at the Pleasant View golf course in Middleton Monday afternoon. He bowled the perfect game at Bowling Green lanes in Middleton Tuesday. "It's a super feeling," Hughes said. Ted Donker, director of golf operations at...