Malia, Maya: Obama Mixes Up Name of Daughter With Half Sister

President Obama has a daughter named Malia. He has a younger half sister whose name is Maya Soetoro-Ng. He mistakenly called his daughter Maya during an interview with CNN's John King on Sunday.




There's not much to dissect here, but here's what happened.

King's last question to Obama was about the H1N1 vaccine.

"As a parent with two daughters in school, how are you dealing with this? And does the Obama family plan include a vaccine for you?" said King.

Replied Obama, "Well, the -- here's the Obama family plan, is to call up my HHS secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, and my CDC director and just ask them, "What's your recommendation?" And whatever they tell me to do, I will do. My understanding at this point is that the high-risk populations are going to be first with the vaccine, and that means not only health care workers, but particularly children with underlying neurological vulnerabilities. And so we've got to make sure that those vaccines go to them first.

"I'm assuming -- and pregnant women, by the way -- after that, I think you're looking at kids, and so Maya and Sasha would fall into that category. I suspect that I may come fairly far down the line, so we're not going to -- here's what I guarantee you. We want to get vaccinated. We think it's the right thing to do. We will stand in line like everybody else. And when folks say it's our turn, that's when we'll get it."