Posted on 04/24/2009 2:34:22 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
US President Barack Obama was briefly "relocated" by the Secret Service Friday after a single-engine plane entered restricted airspace over the US capital, his spokesman said.
"The president was briefly relocated out of an abundance of caution, as was the vice president," said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, adding it was the first time in the Obama presidency he had heard of such precautions being taken.
Two Air Force F-16 fighters and two Coast Guard helicopters intercepted the small aircraft at about 12:30 local time (1630 GMT), a spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) told AFP.
The pilot of the Piper Cub plane was contacted by radio and was immediately "compliant," Lieutenant Commander Gary Ross said.
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King Richard Daley assured the “One” that such incidents over Chicago will not happen since he has banned G.A. by demolishing Meigs Field.
That was such a cool airport
Yeh Obama is VERY skittish. Remember when he ducked at the guns being fired in Turkey.
Yellow belly
My point was that it wasn't EXACTLY like this but similar. Protection of the President during a time of possible attack. OK, fine. But the leftist media will not say a word about this .
Biden is treated like a high-value asset? Who knew? I wonder if he has met Obama yet?
I remember it well....that snide SOB Peter Jennings was all over his newscasts with "run and hide" talk. I despised him all the more from those moments on, right up until - and after - he croaked.
NO, big deal!
NOW, think of W in the Flight Suit on the Carrier, don't you miss him?
To Iraq forever I hope.
To Iran forever I hope.
The pilot of the Piper Cub plane was contacted by radio and was immediately "compliant," "crapped himself," Lieutenant Commander Gary Ross said.
It’s not the President’s choice, however, if I recall correctly. OPLAN 1000 mandates evacuating the President.
On September 11, the day of the “Attack on America” by terrorists, Peter Jennings allegedly said that President Bush should “quit hiding behind the Secret Service, come out and face the nation and explain the ‘President’s failure’ to protect the country.”
Very sad and the marinas gone too
Relocated to his homeland of Kenya, one hopes?
Jeepers, that was news to me! Does anyone know whether President Bush deployed round-the-clock snipers on the roof when he was president?
Let me guess... someone had the audacity to fart in his presence?
BEFORE Daley midnight demolition 
AFTER Daley midnight demolition
Yes, of course I respect the Secret Service and our outstanding Air Force, and they serve us very well.
- But in instances such at this, I believe it’s best for American have Obama stay pat, hang in there and vote “Present”.
What exactly did he say?
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