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Golf summit for Barack Obama and John Boehner

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President Obama and John Boehner are both passionate golfers. | AP Photo | AP Photo Close

By GLENN THRUSH | 6/3/11 4:55 PM EDT Updated: 6/3/11 9:25 PM EDT

President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) will finally hit the links for a round of golf – and al fresco negotiation – on June 18, a White House official told POLITICO.
Obama’s offer — and Boehner’s acceptance — came six months after White House press secretary Robert Gibbs suggested the two could work out their differences on the course. Both men are passionate golfers; Obama prefers to hit public or military courses with a handful of friends and White House staffers while Boehner favors private courses, golf fundraisers and schmoozing sessions with other pols.

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