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Obama attends Florida wedding of longtime aide, golf partner

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama hands his coat to aide Marvin Nicholson as he walks to greet people on the tarmac as he arrives at Tampa International Airport on Air Force One in Tampa, Fla. Obama plans a quick trip to Florida on Jan. 7, 2017, to attend the wedding of a longtime aide who wears several hats. Nicholson is the White House trip director and personal aide to the president. He’s also one of Obama’s most frequent golf partners. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama hands his coat to aide Marvin Nicholson as he walks to greet people on the tarmac as he arrives at Tampa International Airport on Air Force One in Tampa, Fla. Obama plans a quick trip to Florida on Jan. 7, 2017, to attend the wedding of a longtime aide who wears several hats. Nicholson is the White House trip director and personal aide to the president. He’s also one of Obama’s most frequent golf partners. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama hands his coat to aide Marvin Nicholson as he walks to greet people on the tarmac as he arrives at Tampa International Airport on Air Force One in Tampa, Fla. Obama plans a quick trip to Florida on Jan. 7, 2017, to attend the wedding of a longtime aide who wears several hats. Nicholson is the White House trip director and personal aide to the president. He’s also one of Obama’s most frequent golf partners. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

By Associated Press 1 min read

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) – President Barack Obama is attending the Florida wedding of his longtime staffer and most frequent golf partner.

Marvin Nicholson is the White House trip director and the president’s personal aide. He and Helen Pajcic are tying the knot at an evening ceremony Saturday in Jacksonville, Florida.

Pajcic is the daughter of a longtime Obama fundraiser and – according to her LinkedIn profile – a special assistant at the Education Department. The bride and groom both worked on Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.

Obama has played 333 rounds of golf since taking office and Nicholson has joined the foursome for 192 of them, making him the president’s most frequent golf buddy. That’s according to CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller, who is widely respected for his presidential record-keeping.