President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama spent about half an hour this afternoon shaking hands with about 100 Marines, military members and their families at Marine Corps Base Hawaii’s Anderson Hall chow hall as they enjoyed a mid-day Christmas meal.

The presidential motorcade arrived at Anderson Hall at about 3:43 pm.
The president was dressed in brown slacks and blue shirt sleeves when he entered the mess hall from a side door, greeting the families with “Hi guys, Merry Christmas.”
The First Lady wore flats, a white sleeveless flowing dress that came to her knees, and gold hoop earrings.
The two moved to dozens of tables, shaking hands, asking service members where they were from, and thanking them for being there. At one point the president said “I’m proud of you guys.”
The president also talked to a small child and signed an autographed picture.
The motorcade left the base at 4:25.
Reporters did not have a chance to ask the president about this afternoon’s events in Detroit in which a Northwest Airlines plane inbound from Amsterdam was disrupted by the ignition of a device on board that did not explode.