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HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on President Barack Obama's annual
holiday vacation in Hawaii (all times local):

7:45 p.m.

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are having
dinner with friends at a high-end restaurant in Honolulu.

The president's motorcade departed his Kailua rental home and
arrived at Alan Wong's Restaurant about 30 minutes later.

The Obamas have frequented the establishment on past holiday
vacations to Oahu, where Obama was born.

There were about 40 onlookers trying to catch a glimpse of the
Obamas as the president and his wife arrived for dinner.

Obama will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the
site of the 1941 Pearl Harbor attacks on Tuesday. Abe is
speaking at a reception dinner Monday night not far from where
the Obamas are eating.

12:15 p.m.

President Barack Obama is following up his morning workout with
a round of golf at a private Hawaii course.

The White House says Obama's golfing partners Monday are friends
Bobby Titcomb, Mike Ramos and Greg Orme.

They're golfing at Mid Pacific Country Club in the windward Oahu
neighborhood of Lanikai. It offers sweeping views of the Koolau
mountains.

A crowd of about 30 people waved to the president's motorcade as
it arrived at the course.

Obama also played at Mid Pacific last week.

He's spending his annual winter vacation with his family on the
island of Oahu, where he was born.

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9:15 a.m.

President Barack Obama is wishing a "happy and healthy new year"
to those celebrating Kwanzaa.

Obama is issuing his final annual Kwanzaa message as president.

He says Kwanzaa is a joyous time to "reflect on the rich African-
American culture."

Obama is emphasizing the principles enshrined in the Kwanzaa
holiday: unity, self-determination, collective work and
responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and
faith. He says those principles reflect Americans' most
cherished values.

The White House released the greetings from Obama on Monday
while the president and his family are vacationing in Hawaii.

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8:35 a.m.

President Barack Obama is spending the morning after Christmas
at a gym on a marine corps base near his Hawaii vacation rental.

It's the 10th day of the first family's annual winter vacation
on Oahu, where Obama was born.

Obama left his Kailua rental home Monday morning for his workout
at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

A family of four waved to Obama's motorcade as it headed to the
base in Kaneohe Bay.

Obama and first lady Michelle Obama paid a Christmas visit to
Marines on Sunday.

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This story has been corrected to show the Obamas' 10th day of
vacation is Monday.

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