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Obama May Cut Short Latin America Trip
LA Times via WPMT Fox43 ^ | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 | Peter Nicholas and Michael A. Memoli

Posted on 03/22/2011 1:21:33 PM PDT by kristinn

Reporting from San Salvador and Washington— President Obama may hasten his return to Washington as the U.S.-led military strike against Libya increasingly distracts from his Latin America trip.

As Air Force One touched down in El Salvador on Tuesday afternoon, the White House announced changes to the president's itinerary. A visit planned for Wednesday to the Metropolitan Cathedral in San Salvador, where slain Archbishop Oscar Romero is buried, was shifted to Tuesday. Obama was also scheduled Wednesday to tour Mayan ruins one hour outside the capital city, but it is now unclear whether he would do so.

Obama is set to hold a bilateral meeting with President Mauricio Funes of El Salvador on Tuesday, followed by a joint news conference. Funes hosts the president and first lady for an official dinner Tuesday night. Obama was scheduled to return to Washington on Wednesday evening.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: libya; obama; springbreak
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Tough choice. Get back to the White House Situation Room to oversee three wars, or not ruin the Spring Break Latin America vacation of your wife, Michelle, your mother-in-law, your two tween daughters and their godmother, Mama Kaye.

It's decisions like this that make the presidency partyboy in chief the loneliest job in the world. Really.

1 posted on 03/22/2011 1:21:34 PM PDT by kristinn
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To: kristinn

As another FReeper (whose name escapes me, now) pointed out a few days ago - the big problem with all of the trips Obama takes, is that he always finds his way home....


2 posted on 03/22/2011 1:25:00 PM PDT by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: kristinn

Why cut short his trip? I know they have golf courses in Brazil.


3 posted on 03/22/2011 1:25:03 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (What, if not a bagel and coffee, confirms the existence of a just and loving God?)
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To: kristinn

0bummer, I like it so much better when he’s away and distracted from destroying America from the inside. When he’s abroad, we the people get a little reprieve from his agenda.


4 posted on 03/22/2011 1:25:17 PM PDT by MissMack99 (Mitt Romney is a FRAUD, he RUINED Mass. Don't let him finish Obama's job.)
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To: kristinn

Moochelle must be reeling!


5 posted on 03/22/2011 1:27:23 PM PDT by Justaham
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To: kristinn

He’s going to cut his vacation short by one day? Wow! He is a real leader.


6 posted on 03/22/2011 1:28:45 PM PDT by Jean S
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To: kristinn

He just found out that San Salvador doesn’t have a beach.


7 posted on 03/22/2011 1:29:15 PM PDT by Hoodat (Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. - (Rom 8:37))
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To: kristinn

Damage control - his poll numbers aren’t looking so good.


8 posted on 03/22/2011 1:29:15 PM PDT by MissMagnolia (Obad. 1:15: As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head.)
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To: kristinn

He has to return to seize back power from Madame Clinton!


9 posted on 03/22/2011 1:30:15 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: kristinn
Poor guy doesn't know where not to actually be.


10 posted on 03/22/2011 1:30:15 PM PDT by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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To: Justaham
"Moochelle must be reeling!"

Well, it's not as though it's interrupting her gold games. besides, he can leave her behind. After all, we can pay for another flight home, can't we?

11 posted on 03/22/2011 1:31:16 PM PDT by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: kristinn

“Today, we have struck back,” Clinton said in a surprise announcement at the Massachusetts island resort of Martha’s Vineyard, where he cut short his vacation and returned to Washington for a late afternoon conference with his national security team in the White House situation room.
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In Sudan, government television broadcast pictures of shattered concrete structures {Asprin factory] burning brightly against Khartoum’s night sky. The announcer’s commentary on the state-run broadcast promised to “build another factory, better than the first.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/eafricabombing/stories/strikes082198.htm


12 posted on 03/22/2011 1:31:16 PM PDT by frithguild (The Democrat Party Brand - Big Government protecting Entrenched Interests from Competition)
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To: kristinn

He looks worried. /s

BTW, Michelle has a hard time matching/coordinating her shoes to her outfit. She must not have any lights and/or mirrors around her. I don't see a speck of turquoise in her outfit.

13 posted on 03/22/2011 1:32:38 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Artemis Webb

Why is he skipping Peru? I hear Machu Picchu would make a great putting green. If he hit it too hard, it might only take a couple days to hike back up...


14 posted on 03/22/2011 1:32:53 PM PDT by GnuHere
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To: Justaham

Cannot be she ate a couple of pigs and is now on the john.


15 posted on 03/22/2011 1:35:07 PM PDT by org.whodat
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To: kristinn
President Obama may hasten his return

Hmmm interesting wording... HIS return. I wouldn't be surprised if they send another jumbo at taxpayer's expense so that Michelle et al can stay on vacation....

16 posted on 03/22/2011 1:35:29 PM PDT by noexcuses
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To: kristinn

When SEIU says “jump”, he jumps.
(I hear they are in a bit of trouble today based on a few stories.)


17 posted on 03/22/2011 1:36:59 PM PDT by marstegreg
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To: MissMagnolia
Damage control - his poll numbers aren’t looking so good

His base (government workers, union workers, welfare recipients, illegal’s, terrorists, communists, etc.) will never abandon him. I think he heard there's a good weather forecast for some of his favorite golf courses... time to "seize the moment" and go play.

18 posted on 03/22/2011 1:37:12 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: kristinn

internal polling numbers for the Absentee Warlord not looking good?


19 posted on 03/22/2011 1:38:30 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: kristinn

Good choice. It’s a lot cheaper for us taxpayers for him to do his normal failing whilst at home vs more expensive failing when he’s abroad.

But we must remember, no matter where he is, he’ll fail.

‘Cuz he’s a moron!!!!!


20 posted on 03/22/2011 1:40:45 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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