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(Update: Paul Brandus has deleted the tweet, telling DCist this: We should have clarified to say, “They have hinted earlier that they are likely to stay in Washington,” as opposed to saying, “They’re staying” – which is different.)
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While President Obama can’t serve another four-year term in the White House (though he has said he’d win if allowed to run), it looks like he’s staying another two more years in the District, according to Paul Brandus.
Brandus, an award-winning member of the White House press corps, tweeted today that the First Family is staying in D.C. until the youngest Obama graduates high school. He has since deleted the tweet.
The Obamas will stay in Washington until Sasha (who turns 15 this year) finishes high school
— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) January 11, 2016
In December 2013, the President hinted at the idea of staying in the District so that Sasha, who will be a sophomore in 2017, wouldn’t be separated from her high school friends. “Mrs. Obama and the girls “have made a lot of sacrifices on behalf of my cockamamie ideas, the running for office and things,” President Obama told Barbara Walters on 20/20.
He would be the first president to stay in D.C. since Woodrow Wilson left office in 1921.
Now, inquiring minds want to know where he’ll live. According to Brandus, the Obamas favor Kalorama and Embassy Row. Last October, Jim Bell of Beasley Real Estate told the Washington Business Journal that the Obamas could spend approximately $5 million to $7 million to accommodate all of their housing requirements.
