--- title: Barack Obama Plans to Stay in Washington After Presidency description: Barack Obama said Thursday he will stay in Washington D.C. after his presidency, waiting for his youngest daughter to finish high school canonical: https://time.com/4247133/barack-obama-washington-presidency/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-03T21:35:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:36:44.654Z article:section: Politics og:title: Obama Plans to Stay in Washington After His Presidency Ends og:description: He plans to stay in the city until youngest daughter Sasha finishes high school og:url: https://time.com/4247133/barack-obama-washington-presidency/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35d9bb53aea0c5d8/69888027196cf4ac1b03a9ca/obama-family-dc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Obamas Return From Hawaii Vacation og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Obama Plans to Stay in Washington After His Presidency Ends twitter:description: He plans to stay in the city until youngest daughter Sasha finishes high school twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35d9bb53aea0c5d8/69888027196cf4ac1b03a9ca/obama-family-dc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Obama Plans to Stay in Washington After His Presidency Ends  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Mar 3, 2016 9:35 PM UTC  U.S. President Barack Obama and his family (L-R) Malia, Sasha, and first lady Michelle Obama return to the South Lawn of the White House on Jan. 3 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Barack Obama and his family (L-R) Malia, Sasha, and first lady Michelle Obama return to the South Lawn of the White House on Jan. 3 in Washington, DC.Ron Sachs—Pool/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Mar 3, 2016 9:35 PM UTC President Barack Obama said Thursday that he[ will stay in Washington, D.C. with his family ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/03/03/obama-says-first-family-staying-in-washington-for-a-couple-of-years-after-he-leaves-the-white-house/?tid=sm%5Ffb)for a couple of years after his presidency, waiting for his youngest daughter to finish high school. “We’re going to have to stay a couple of years so Sasha can finish,” he said, the Washington _Post_ reported. “Transferring someone in the middle of high school—tough.” Obama made the comment while having lunch with a small group of people who had written him letters about the Affordable Care Act in Milwaukee. He said he and First Lady Michelle Obama haven’t decided where they’ll move long-term. “Hawaii is home for me,” he said, and he also mentioned Chicago, where his wife grew up. “I spent almost 30 years in Chicago.” Barack Obama Plans to Stay in Washington After Presidency ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4247133/barack-obama-washington-presidency/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4247133/barack-obama-washington-presidency/"},"headline":"Obama Plans to Stay in Washington After His Presidency Ends","datePublished":"2016-03-03T21:35:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:36:44.654Z","description":"He plans to stay in the city until youngest daughter Sasha finishes high school","url":"https://time.com/4247133/barack-obama-washington-presidency/","keywords":["White House"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35d9bb53aea0c5d8/69888027196cf4ac1b03a9ca/obama-family-dc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35d9bb53aea0c5d8/69888027196cf4ac1b03a9ca/obama-family-dc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Obamas Return From Hawaii Vacation","caption":"Obamas Return From Hawaii Vacation","creditText":"Ron Sachs—Pool/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4247133/barack-obama-washington-presidency/","name":"Obama Plans to Stay in Washington After His Presidency Ends"}}]}] ```