Obamas may stay on in D.C. if Sasha wishes - New York Daily News

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[h=4]Pete Souza/ASSOCIATED PRESS[/h] President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama with their daughters, Sasha (right) and Malia (center) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.Sasha will have a big say in whether the family stays on in the capital, the President said.

President Obama says he just might stick around Washington when his term ends — if that’s what his younger daughter Sasha wants.
Obama’s older child, Malia, will likely be in college when the President’s term ends in 2017, but Sasha will only be a high school sophomore.

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Obama hinted that tearing Sasha away from her friends might be asking too much, saying his wife and daughters already have made “a lot of sacrifices on behalf of my cockamamie ideas, the running for office and things.”
“So we’ve got to — you know we got to make sure that she’s doing well . . . until she goes off to college,” Obama told ABC’s Barbara Walters in an interview broadcast Friday night.

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“Sasha will have a big say in where we are.”
No former President since Woodrow Wilson in 1921 has remained in Washington.

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But few Presidents have had children as young as Obama when they took office.
Sasha is the youngest child to reside at the White House since 1-year-old John F. Kennedy Jr. and his 3-year-old sister, Caroline, charmed the nation when their father took office in 1961.

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Sasha was just 7 when her father was elected President in November 2008 and she and Malia moved to D.C. from their Chicago birthplace.
The Obamas still own a 6,000-square-foot Georgian-style home on Chicago’s South Side, but they have rarely used it since moving to Washington.

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So where could the Obamas live in Washington?
“Would they be thinking long-term or short-term, buy or rent?” asked Realtor Hans Wydler of Wydler Brothers, a boutique real estate firm.
“What kind of lifestyle do they conceive? Single-family home or luxury apartment? Do they want something more urban or suburban? More land? What are their budget constraints?”
Wydler and Samer Kuraishi of A-K Real Estate in Washington suggested several neighborhoods, notably Georgetown, Capitol Hill, Cleveland Park and Massachusetts Avenue Heights.
That last neighborhood already features one ex-President. Hillary and Bill Clinton own a $2.85 million, five-bedroom Colonial there, although their primary residence is in the New York suburb of Chappaqua.
Kuraishi noted that the Obamas have two dogs, so yard space might be important. And parking is critical, especially with the security they will need.
“Security is the elephant in the room,” said Wydler. He has sold to VIPs with full-time security personnel, “but this would be a whole different level,” he said.