Days before embarking on a multi-stop international trip, U.S.President Barack Obama is tending to an important item on his domesticagenda - a celebration of his daughter's 11th birthday.
Mr.Obama told the Associated Press the celebration will be at the CampDavid presidential retreat outside Washington. He said the thought ofhaving about 20 pre-teen girls at the camp for Malia's party is a"little intimidating."
Mr. Obama departed the White HouseFriday morning for Camp David and will return to Washington Saturday,ahead of a Fourth of July celebration on the South Lawn of theexecutive mansion.
Sunday, Mr. Obama travels to Russia, where hewill attend an arms control summit in Moscow. Later in the week, heheads to Italy for a meeting of leaders of the Group of Eightindustrialized nations.
He then travels on to Ghana, where hewill deliver a speech on democracy and development goals in thedeveloping world. The trip will likely be an emotional one, as Mr.Obama, the first African-American U.S. president, will visit an oldslave fort called Cape Coast Castle.