--- 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=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 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=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Obama Plans to Stay in Washington After His Presidency Ends > Sponsored content. 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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.” ```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"}}]}] ```