Jonas was born in Boryslav, Austria-Hungary (today part of Ukraine), on January 23, 1891, and immigrated to the United States from Przemyśl, Poland (part of Austria-Hungary until 1919). .... The White House said Obama wanted to end speculation over the issue to put himself more in a ?vacation mode?. Wearing an open-necked shirt at his Massachusetts bolthole, Obama said many of the measures taken over the past two years had been ?steps of necessity, not choice?. ...
