1. 20 hours? Consider the contrast to somebody like LBJ, who, whether or not you like the decisions he made, really sweated over the lives of the soldiers. (Of course there is a longer list of presidents who spent a lot of time concerned with the wars of their times and the soldiers at risk.)
2. How long did the jaunt to Copenhagen for the Olympic bid take? Now there was something that was of life and death import...
And he got a spanking when he arrived.