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Obama 'relocated' by brief airspace scare
AFP ^ | April 24, 2009

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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To: al baby

King Richard Daley assured the “One” that such incidents over Chicago will not happen since he has banned G.A. by demolishing Meigs Field.


21 posted on 04/24/2009 2:47:52 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

That was such a cool airport


22 posted on 04/24/2009 2:49:28 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: al baby

Yeh Obama is VERY skittish. Remember when he ducked at the guns being fired in Turkey.

Yellow belly


23 posted on 04/24/2009 2:50:26 PM PDT by JaneNC (I)
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To: Moose4
No, ...

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 .

24 posted on 04/24/2009 2:52:21 PM PDT by TexGuy (If it has the slimmest of chances of being considered sarcasm ... IT IS!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"The president was briefly relocated out of an abundance of caution, as was the vice president,"

Biden is treated like a high-value asset? Who knew? I wonder if he has met Obama yet?

25 posted on 04/24/2009 2:52:34 PM PDT by ChicagahAl (Don't blame me. I voted for Sarah.)
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To: kcvl; TexGuy
Wasn’t President Bush resoundingly ridiculed for something like this during 9/11? YES!

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.

26 posted on 04/24/2009 2:53:44 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (Impeach now!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"The pilot of the Piper Cub plane was contacted by radio and was immediately "compliant,"

NO, big deal!

NOW, think of W in the Flight Suit on the Carrier, don't you miss him?

27 posted on 04/24/2009 2:53:45 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (The last time I looked, this is still Texas where I live.)
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To: al baby

To Iraq forever I hope.


28 posted on 04/24/2009 3:00:18 PM PDT by chiefqc
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To: al baby

To Iran forever I hope.


29 posted on 04/24/2009 3:00:45 PM PDT by chiefqc
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To: Free ThinkerNY
The pilot of the Piper Cub plane was contacted by radio and was immediately "compliant," Lieutenant Commander Gary Ross said.

The pilot of the Piper Cub plane was contacted by radio and was immediately "compliant," "crapped himself," Lieutenant Commander Gary Ross said.

30 posted on 04/24/2009 3:19:21 PM PDT by Terabitten (Vets wrote a blank check, payable to the Constitution, for an amount up to and including their life.)
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To: TexGuy

It’s not the President’s choice, however, if I recall correctly. OPLAN 1000 mandates evacuating the President.


31 posted on 04/24/2009 3:25:11 PM PDT by GAB-1955 (I write books, love my wife, serve my nation, and believe in the Resurrection.)
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To: ErnBatavia

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.”


32 posted on 04/24/2009 3:29:06 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: al baby

33 posted on 04/24/2009 3:33:15 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

Very sad and the marinas gone too


34 posted on 04/24/2009 3:34:42 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Relocated to his homeland of Kenya, one hopes?


35 posted on 04/24/2009 3:35:46 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
I saw this story on Fox earlier in the day. There were snipers on the White House roof. But a person being interviewed said, "there are always snipers stationed on the White House roof."

Jeepers, that was news to me! Does anyone know whether President Bush deployed round-the-clock snipers on the roof when he was president?

36 posted on 04/24/2009 3:38:40 PM PDT by betty boop (All truthful knowledge begins and ends in experience. — Albert Einstein)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
“brief airspace scare”...

Let me guess... someone had the audacity to fart in his presence?

37 posted on 04/24/2009 3:42:38 PM PDT by Common Sense 101
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To: al baby

BEFORE Daley midnight demolition

AFTER Daley midnight demolition

38 posted on 04/24/2009 3:43:02 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: All

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”.


39 posted on 04/24/2009 6:43:58 PM PDT by Altera (see, The Obama Nation by J.R. Corsi, Ph.D.)
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To: nmh
"Yes, Obama did ridicule Bush about his “relocation” DURING 9/11."

What exactly did he say?

40 posted on 04/25/2009 2:37:22 PM PDT by Mila
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