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President and First Lady Travel 4,000 Miles to Lobby for Olympics - in Separate Planes
CNS NEWS.com ^ | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 | by Penny Starr

Posted on 09/30/2009 3:02:00 AM PDT by Cindy

SNIPPET: "(CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are both traveling to Copenhagen this week to promote Chicago's bid to host to the 2016 Olympic Games--and they will be making the 3,979-mile trip on separate airplanes."

SNIPPET: "As reported earlier by CNSNews.com, a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report cited two cost estimates for an hour of air travel by the president, vice president and first lady. One estimate comes from the White House Military Office, the other from the U.S. Air Force.

Using the CRS cost estimates and the inflation adjuster from the Bureau of Labor Statisitcs, the cost for the one-way 7.5-hour trip from Washington, D.C. to Copenhagen on the first lady's plane would range from $29,532 (White House Military Office) to $107,717 (U.S. Air Force).

The cost for the president to fly Air Force One on the one-way 7.5-hour trip from Washington, D.C. to Copenhagen ranges from $343,448 (White House Military Office) to $567,089 (U.S. Air Force)."

SNIPPET: "According to the White House, the President will return to the United States on Friday afternoon. But it was unclear from the White House advisory when the First Lady would return."

SNIPPET: "Also joining the president and first lady on the two planes are Chicagoans Oprah Winfrey, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan."

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
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To: Cindy

Hey, Obama, send a letter or an email. Your carbon footprint is clouding your point of view.


41 posted on 09/30/2009 4:50:35 AM PDT by healy61
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To: BulletBobCo

Great pics - VERY interesting!!


42 posted on 09/30/2009 4:51:06 AM PDT by JMKirnan
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To: Cindy

Is there anyway to find him a noncitizen and not let him back in this country....ok i am dreaming


43 posted on 09/30/2009 4:52:38 AM PDT by Texas4ever (God is in control!)
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To: Cindy

Send the bill to Oprah, she can afford it.


44 posted on 09/30/2009 5:00:14 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: Cindy

45 posted on 09/30/2009 5:08:31 AM PDT by maggief
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To: Cindy

Hey, I wouldn’t want to fly with her either!


46 posted on 09/30/2009 5:08:53 AM PDT by 2111USMC
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To: Cindy

Makes me wonder who else is on those planes...


47 posted on 09/30/2009 5:27:30 AM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: Cindy

Required by muslim law right? Men and women kept separate. Notice they always take separate planes when visiting the middle east or other high profile trips.

Also, has anyone ever seen a picture of Barack with the family dog? I’ve seen pictures of the dog with the first lady and the kids, but not Barack... I’m not saying Obama is a practicing muslim, but I do believe he really does these things on purpose to curry favor with the arab world. He is sending coded messages to that world to try to manipulate them. Oh yeah didn’t he leave on vacation the day before ramadan and had a huge white house ramadan feast when it ended? Yeah, not very coded messages!

Which would almost be fine if it were actually helping us, but doesn’t seem to be. They’re apparently still trying to blow us up (recent arrests) and trying to get nukes (recent iran revelations).


48 posted on 09/30/2009 5:27:38 AM PDT by drangundsturm
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To: mewzilla

And about the itineraries...


49 posted on 09/30/2009 5:28:20 AM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: Cindy

The Obamas marriage is falling apart....watch their body language at orchestrated events.


50 posted on 09/30/2009 5:37:04 AM PDT by Le Chien Rouge
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To: Cindy
"Also joining the president and first lady on the two planes are Chicagoans Oprah Winfrey...

There's your reason why it took two planes right there.

51 posted on 09/30/2009 5:46:31 AM PDT by Ben Hecks
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To: Ben Hecks

Why is oprah being included as though she were a dignitary?


52 posted on 09/30/2009 5:51:31 AM PDT by Niuhuru (The Internet is the digital AIDS; adapting and successfully destroying the MSM host.)
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To: Doc Savage
Here's the one to carry Michelle's ass. Photobucket
53 posted on 09/30/2009 5:57:48 AM PDT by CalvaryJohn (What is keeping that damned asteroid?)
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To: mewzilla
Meanwhile....

U.S. Continued To Lose Jobs In August

ADP Says U.S. Companies Cut Payrolls by 254,000 in September

54 posted on 09/30/2009 5:59:53 AM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: Cindy

That’s just ‘flying’ expense. There’s hotels, transportation and dining charges for ALL of them. -


55 posted on 09/30/2009 6:18:11 AM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: Cindy
Dey be movin’ on up

56 posted on 09/30/2009 6:32:16 AM PDT by mojitojoe (Socialism is just the last “feel good” step on the path to Communism and its slavery. Lenin)
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To: MissDairyGoodnessVT

LOL LOL!


57 posted on 09/30/2009 6:38:37 AM PDT by mojitojoe (Socialism is just the last “feel good” step on the path to Communism and its slavery. Lenin)
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To: Cindy

She can’t handle his smoking and he can’t stand her drinking.


58 posted on 09/30/2009 6:39:08 AM PDT by kanawa
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To: DougPowers

The real reason they travel in two planes is that he lands first, gets ALL ATTENTION focused on HIM and only HIM and then moves on with only HIM being the center of attention.


59 posted on 09/30/2009 6:58:18 AM PDT by chiefqc
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To: maggief

She makes 3 of the woman she is hugging. My God she is huge. I would like to know what her testosterone levels are.


60 posted on 09/30/2009 7:08:43 AM PDT by mojitojoe (Socialism is just the last “feel good” step on the path to Communism and its slavery. Lenin)
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