White House seeks privacy for vacationing first daughters

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HONOLULU — The White House is asking journalists covering President Obama’s vacation in Hawaii to respect the privacy of his 8- and 11-year-old daughters.

White House deputy press secretary Bill Burton and Michelle Obama’s press secretary, Katie McCormick Lelyveld, issued a joint statement today urging journalists not to photograph or film Sasha or Malia Obama when they are on excursions without their parents.

The White House made a similar request when journalists traveled with the Obamas for a summer vacation on Martha’s Vineyard. Then, the White House invited journalists to cover the first daughters only when they went for snacks, souvenirs and bike rides with their parents.

The daughters regularly join their parents at public events.

-- Associated Press