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President Obama said that his worst personality trait was "laziness," the byproduct of a youth on the sun-soaked beaches of Hawaii, in an interview with ABC's Barbara Walters set to air Friday.

"Deep down underneath all the work I do, I think there's a laziness in me," Obama said, according to an interview excerpt obtained by the National Journal. "It's probably from growing up in Hawaii, and it's sunny outside. Sitting on the beach."

The president heads back to Hawaii on Friday after having successfully negotiated a temporary extension of the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits. He will spend the Christmas holiday in Oahu with his family.

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