News: Nation Obama to depart Washington late Tuesday night and return to Hawaii for vacation January 1, 2013 | Modified: January 2, 2013 at 12:46 am Leave a comment WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama to depart Washington late Tuesday night and return to Hawaii for vacation . Sign Up for the Daily E-dition newsletter! Please enter your email address below to begin receiving the Daily E-dition newsletter. You must enter a valid email address in the field above! Thank you for signing up for the Daily E-dition newsletter! You should receive your first newsletter very soon. We're sorry, there was an error processing your newsletter signup. Please click here to visit our Newsletter Signup Center to register for this newsletter.