12/28/2012 - President Barack Obama high-fives Madeleine Reneau, 7, daughter of Lt. Col. Terran Reneau, Pacific Air Forces, while shaking hands with servicemembers and families at Hickam Field, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, before boarding Air Force One, Dec. 26, 2012. After a brief vacation in Hawaii, President Obama is on his way back to Washington to address proposed extended tax cuts and looming fiscal cliff. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

12/28/2012 - President Barack Obama greets Sharon McPhee, of Honolulu, before his deaprture from Hickam Field, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 26, 2012. The president shook hands with servicemembers and families before boarding Air Force One. After a brief vacation in Hawaii, Obama is on his way back to Washington to address proposed extended tax cuts and a looming fiscal cliff. McPhee's late husband, Dr. Roderick McPhee, was the president of Punahou High School, and his signature is on Obama's High School diploma. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

12/28/2012 - President Barack Obama waves to servicemembers and families at Hickam Field, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, while boarding Air Force One, Dec. 26, 2012. After a brief vacation in Hawaii, President Obama is on his way back to Washington to address proposed extended tax cuts and looming fiscal cliff. He shook hands with a servicemembers and familes before boarding. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

12/28/2012 - President Barack Obama shakes hands with servicemembers and families at Hickam Field, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, before boarding Air Force One, Dec. 26, 2012. After a brief vacation in Hawaii, President Obama is on his way back to Washington to address proposed extended tax cuts and looming fiscal cliff. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

12/28/2012 - President Barack Obama shakes hands with servicemembers and families at Hickam Field, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, before boarding Air Force One, Dec. 26, 2012. After a brief vacation in Hawaii, President Obama is on his way back to Washington to address proposed extended tax cuts and looming fiscal cliff. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

12/28/2012 - President Barack Obama shakes hands with 1st Lt. Ty Axon, 15th Operations Support Squadron, and other servicemembers at Hickam Field, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, before boarding Air Force One, Dec. 26, 2012. After a brief vacation in Hawaii, President Obama is on his way back to Washington to address proposed extended tax cuts and looming fiscal cliff. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

12/28/2012 - President Barack Obama shakes hands with Lt. Col. Theresa Sheppard, 15th Comptroller Squadron commander, and other servicemembers and families at Hickam Field, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, before boarding Air Force One, Dec. 26, 2012. After a brief vacation in Hawaii, President Obama is on his way back to Washington to address proposed extended tax cuts and looming fiscal cliff. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)