Obama to golf on Father's Day on plush greens in a desert during a drought...

Conservation is for the little people...

PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. —One question for President Obama as he heads for Palm Springs, Calif. this weekend: whether it's appropriate to play on plush green golf links in the desert amid a severe drought.

"This administration's commitment to helping those affected by the drought is second to none," said White House deputy press secretary Eric Schultz Thursday in answer to a reporter's question on that topic before the president headed to the West Coast.

"I know that many courses have taken water mitigation steps aimed at water conservation," Schultz said.