Free Republic 4th Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $587
0%  
Woo hoo!! 4th qtr FReepathon is now underway!! Thank you everyone!! God bless.

Keyword: 635mil

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • FLASHBACK: Clinton Vietnam Trip/$63.5 million - China Trip/$40 million (on your dime)

    01/19/2005 5:47:38 PM PST · by Libloather · 26 replies · 1,296+ views
    Free Republic ^ | 2/01/01
    Free Republic 2001http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a70b8577a8c.htm Clinton's Costly Vietnam Trip -- More than $63.5 MillionSource: Far Eastern Economic Review Published: 2-1-01 Clinton's Costly Vietnam Trip The massive cost of airlifting Bill Clinton and his entourage to Vietnam last year has ruffled some feathers in the U.S. military. The former president paid historic visits to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the former South Vietnamese capital Saigon, in November. Informal research conducted by officers and staff of the Strategic Assessment Centre and the School of Advanced Airpower Studies says 74 U.S. Air Force aircraft, including 26 giant C-5 Galaxy transports, were used to ferry...