Posted on 06/14/2013 6:53:31 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
President Barack Obama's trip to Africa later this month could be one of the most expensive of his tenure, costing the government as much as $100 million.
According to a confidential internal planning document obtained by The Washington Post, hundreds of Secret Service agents will be dispatched to secure facilities in Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania, which the first family will visit from June 26 to July 3.
A Navy aircraft carrier or amphibious ship, with fully staffed medical trauma center, will be stationed offshore in case of an emergency.
In addition, military cargo planes will airlift in 56 support vehicles, including 14 limousines and three trucks carrying bulletproof glass to cover the windows of the hotels where the Obamas will stay. And fighter jets will fly in shifts to provide around the clock coverage over the president's airspace.
The president and first lady Michelle Obama also had planned to take a Tanzanian safari during the trip, which would have required a special counterassault team to carry sniper rifles in the event of a threat from wild animals, the Post reported, citing the document.
But the safari was canceled in favor of a trip to Robben Island off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, where Nelson Mandela was held as a political prisoner, officials told the newspaper.
The Post noted that when it first asked White House officials about the safari last week, they said no final decision had been made, adding that the official said Thursday that the cancellation was not related to the newspaper's inquiries.
Former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush also traveled to Africa multiple times. A report from the Government Accountability Office, according to the Post, showed that Clinton's 1998 trip to six African nations cost the federal government at least $42.7 million.
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Why is he even able to go on this trip with what we’ve learned recently? Orwell has officially arrived.
Americas economy is going to hell in a hand basket and this clown wants to take a 100 million dollar vacation ... that’s what it amounts to, a vacation. Nothing in this trip would benefit the US or its economy in any way.
Wish it was a one-way trip.
Marines have no hot food in Afghanistan...
Tours at the white house are cancelled...
Air Traffic controllers on furloughs...
Obama insisted 24/7 jets flying over for security for every day he is there. Can you image the costs. What 15 limos being carried over. Bullet proof materials go along for each of his areas that he stays. Countless SVS bullet proof. I forget how many SS and FBI agents go to. Maybe he is getting out of dodge before the leaker drops more secrets :) Though, it’s not unreasonable to complain of them spending this kind of taxpayer money.
That would be worth the expense.
Maybe he’ll defect and seek asylum somewhere.
They can have him.
It will be worth the money.
How about the family vacation to Ireland, under the guise of the G8 Summit, just what the H#ll is that going to cost us. This Clown POTUS is just rubbing our nose in it every chance he gets. WAKE UP AMERICA!
This is IN YOUR FACE AMERICA.
Good to be the king I guess. ;-)
That’s ok, the IRS will audit a bunch of middle income Republican voters and they’ll pay for it.
He’s admitting his “white half” to exploit the Ireland trip. I thought he’s just a “black man”?
It would be worth every dollar.
“Why is he even able to go on this trip”
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Because he is the emperor.
Half of dumb-ass America bows to his feet.
Next he will expect to keep the Whitehut as a vacation home, if and when he decides to retire.
What did Mooochele’s India trip cost the taxpayers?
If it’s a one-way ticket, I say it’s worth it.
Obama is America’s first Tin Horn Dictator.
Our sacred Constitution means nothing; Obama is above it, simply because he is half-black.
The IRS is nothing more than thugs to persecute political opponents, under guise of law. The FBI are goons, basically American SS; another political tool
Our free press, is too involved selling an agenda to perform their duties - and too cowardly to object when they are targeted for abuse.
Obama is simply the first in a long line of Tin Horn Dictators; amnesty of illegals simply ensures that no conservative will have a chance at political office for years to come. America, the dream, the great social experiment has been poisoned from within by self-serving politicians. The dream is gone.
Unfortunately, there is no where to escape to.
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I love Rush’s comment that he’s a “Halfrican American” my guess is that what ever suits his needs is what he is at that point in time. What a worthless POS!
Posts 4, 7, 14 &16....my thought as well. It’d be worth every penny if he and mo would stay there.
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