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Obama, family, and friends go snorkeling, order media and aides to stay away

Laura Donovan Contributor
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Don’t expect to see any shirtless pictures of President Obama in Hawaii this week.

Obama, his family, and friends went snorkeling yesterday at Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve in Hawaii, but White House aides kept the press far, far away.

“We are under explicit instructions that there will be no long lenses or other sneaky attempts to take pictures,” said a media pool report from the site.

Mission accomplished — the only photos from the snorkeling jaunt were of the presidential motorcade.

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