Obama trip to Africa June 26 could cost $60 to $100 million

[WillowTree]

Remind me again, what the downside to the United States would be, if Obama simply cancelled the trip due to excessive cost?

How, exactly, would our country be worse off?

Alternatively, could we save some money if we made the trip one-way? The article mentions long-term accommodations available on Robben Island.

That alone might make the expenditure worth it.

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Document: Major resources needed for Obama Africa trip - The Washington Post

Document: Major resources needed for Obama Africa trip

By Carol D. Leonnig and David Nakamura
Published: June 13

When President Obama makes his first extended trip to sub-Saharan Africa this month, the federal agencies charged with keeping him safe won’t be taking any chances.

Hundreds of U.S. Secret Service agents will be dispatched to secure facilities in Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. A Navy aircraft carrier or amphibious ship, with a fully staffed medical trauma center, will be stationed offshore in case of an emergency.

Military cargo planes will airlift in 56 support vehicles, including 14 limousines and three trucks loaded with sheets of bullet*proof glass to cover the windows of the hotels where the first family will stay. Fighter jets will fly in shifts, giving 24-hour coverage over the president’s airspace, so they can intervene quickly if an errant plane gets too close.

The elaborate security provisions — which will cost the government tens of millions of dollars — are outlined in a confidential internal planning document obtained by The Washington Post. While the preparations appear to be in line with similar travels in the past, the document offers an unusual glimpse into the colossal efforts to protect the U.S. commander in chief on trips abroad.

The first family is making back-to-back stops from June 26 to July 3 in three countries where U.S. officials are providing nearly all the resources, rather than depending heavily on local police forces, military authorities or hospitals for assistance.

The president and first lady had also planned to take a Tanzanian safari as part of the trip, which would have required the president’s special counterassault team to carry sniper rifles with high-caliber rounds that could neutralize cheetahs, lions or other animals if they became a threat, according to the planning document.

But officials said Thursday that the safari had been 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.

Internal administration documents circulated in April show that the Obama family was scheduled to go to both Robben Island and the safari park, according to a person familiar with the plans.

Many details about foreign presidential trips are classified for national security reasons, and there is little public information about overall costs. A report from the Government Accountability Office found that Clinton’s 1998 trip to six African nations cost the U.S. government at least $42.7 million.

Obama’s trip could cost the federal government $60 million to $100 million based on the costs of similar African trips in recent years, according to one person familiar with the journey, who was not authorized to speak for attribution.

Lil nutbar, you guys are never right with these figures and especially when you quote the NY Post.

Incredulous. Nobody believes your bullshit.

yes we know, the only bullshit you swallow is that which obama feeds ewe.

 

[Stephanie]

LOL, the hypocrites on this board whining how Obama is being picked on were the same ones berating the Bushs trip to Africa..

you have to laugh at liberal double standards

 

[mudwhistle]

What exactly is Obama gonna be doing for the country that a trained person from the State Department can't do at way less of a cost.

Admit it.. This is nothing more than another Tax Payer support Vaca for the Obama Family.

Dear me....

Did I miss all the threads about Bush flying around the world to watch the Beijing Olympics during an economic collapse of historic proportions??

Come on conservatives....tell us about your outrage

I don't remember Bush telling us all to bit the bullet ether.

 

[mudwhistle]

LOL, the hypocrites on this board whining how Obama is being picked on were the same ones berating the Bushs trip to Africa..

you have to laugh at liberal double standards

Yes, poor Obama works so hard and he needs another vacation.

 

[mudwhistle]

How could Bush justify going on an expensive safari with his family, on the taxpayer's borrowed Chinese money?


OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!!

Then again how does Obama feel right about doing it even more often than Bush?

 

[WillowTree]

Remind me again, what the downside to the United States would be, if Obama simply cancelled the trip due to excessive cost?

How, exactly, would our country be worse off?

Alternatively, could we save some money if we made the trip one-way? The article mentions long-term accommodations available on Robben Island.

That alone might make the expenditure worth it.

-----------------------------------------

Document: Major resources needed for Obama Africa trip - The Washington Post

Document: Major resources needed for Obama Africa trip

By Carol D. Leonnig and David Nakamura
Published: June 13

When President Obama makes his first extended trip to sub-Saharan Africa this month, the federal agencies charged with keeping him safe won’t be taking any chances.

Hundreds of U.S. Secret Service agents will be dispatched to secure facilities in Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. A Navy aircraft carrier or amphibious ship, with a fully staffed medical trauma center, will be stationed offshore in case of an emergency.

Military cargo planes will airlift in 56 support vehicles, including 14 limousines and three trucks loaded with sheets of bullet*proof glass to cover the windows of the hotels where the first family will stay. Fighter jets will fly in shifts, giving 24-hour coverage over the president’s airspace, so they can intervene quickly if an errant plane gets too close.

The elaborate security provisions — which will cost the government tens of millions of dollars — are outlined in a confidential internal planning document obtained by The Washington Post. While the preparations appear to be in line with similar travels in the past, the document offers an unusual glimpse into the colossal efforts to protect the U.S. commander in chief on trips abroad.

The first family is making back-to-back stops from June 26 to July 3 in three countries where U.S. officials are providing nearly all the resources, rather than depending heavily on local police forces, military authorities or hospitals for assistance.

The president and first lady had also planned to take a Tanzanian safari as part of the trip, which would have required the president’s special counterassault team to carry sniper rifles with high-caliber rounds that could neutralize cheetahs, lions or other animals if they became a threat, according to the planning document.

But officials said Thursday that the safari had been 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.

Internal administration documents circulated in April show that the Obama family was scheduled to go to both Robben Island and the safari park, according to a person familiar with the plans.

Many details about foreign presidential trips are classified for national security reasons, and there is little public information about overall costs. A report from the Government Accountability Office found that Clinton’s 1998 trip to six African nations cost the U.S. government at least $42.7 million.

Obama’s trip could cost the federal government $60 million to $100 million based on the costs of similar African trips in recent years, according to one person familiar with the journey, who was not authorized to speak for attribution.

Good, I hope he bleeds Conservatives dry before he leaves. Anyone that can have that much money and still be as full of hate as American Conservatives deserves to lose it all and fast.

then your 47% will suffer mightily won't they? but bamie don't give a shit.

 

[Stephanie]

ole rightwhiner...the dramatics..Bush's economy is a collapse of HISTORIC proportion..

Obama's economy and high unemployment after fives years in office....BUSH'S FAULT..

but Obama being elected was historic...yea

 

[WillowTree]

Considering Africa is a major potential investment spot of the US it is appropriate for the President to go on such a trip. quite frankly it has been a long time coming and it is a little disappointing that it took him to his second term to get around to it.

Africa is and always has been a shit hole.

 

[Stephanie]

HEY OBAMA..
damn Internet...lol

SNIP:
Obama to Bush in 2003: 'Fix Up the Economy,' $300 Billion Deficit 'Recklessness'



Give Barack Obama points for consistency: he has always blamed Bush for the economy, even when it was humming along. In April 2003, Obama, then a state senator, attacked George Bush’s “attack on working families.” He called on Bush to “fix up the economy first” before he did anything else, like tax cuts. (Chinta Strausberg, “Obama to Bush: Fix up U.S. Budget First,” Chicago Defender, April 15, 2003).

all of it here
Obama to Bush in 2003: 'Fix Up the Economy,' $300 Billion Deficit 'Recklessness'

 

[Stephanie]

well it's went down a couple points now he can vacation in Africa...

SNIP:
Ellen Carmichael [MENTION=1705]ellen[/MENTION]carmichael

Unemployment rate (7.8%) on Obama's 2013 inauguration will be the same as it was on his 2009 inauguration.

Forward! 7.8% unemployment rate is the same as when Obama took office | Twitchy

 

[Moonglow]

Considering Africa is a major potential investment spot of the US it is appropriate for the President to go on such a trip. quite frankly it has been a long time coming and it is a little disappointing that it took him to his second term to get around to it.

Africa is and always has been a shit hole.

So now we know your immortal.

 

[Moonglow]

Is Oblama going to visit his half bro? You know, the spear chunker.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Remind me again, what the downside to the United States would be, if Obama simply cancelled the trip due to excessive cost?

How, exactly, would our country be worse off?

Alternatively, could we save some money if we made the trip one-way? The article mentions long-term accommodations available on Robben Island.

That alone might make the expenditure worth it.

-----------------------------------------

Document: Major resources needed for Obama Africa trip - The Washington Post

Document: Major resources needed for Obama Africa trip

By Carol D. Leonnig and David Nakamura
Published: June 13

When President Obama makes his first extended trip to sub-Saharan Africa this month, the federal agencies charged with keeping him safe won’t be taking any chances.

Hundreds of U.S. Secret Service agents will be dispatched to secure facilities in Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. A Navy aircraft carrier or amphibious ship, with a fully staffed medical trauma center, will be stationed offshore in case of an emergency.

Military cargo planes will airlift in 56 support vehicles, including 14 limousines and three trucks loaded with sheets of bullet*proof glass to cover the windows of the hotels where the first family will stay. Fighter jets will fly in shifts, giving 24-hour coverage over the president’s airspace, so they can intervene quickly if an errant plane gets too close.

The elaborate security provisions — which will cost the government tens of millions of dollars — are outlined in a confidential internal planning document obtained by The Washington Post. While the preparations appear to be in line with similar travels in the past, the document offers an unusual glimpse into the colossal efforts to protect the U.S. commander in chief on trips abroad.

The first family is making back-to-back stops from June 26 to July 3 in three countries where U.S. officials are providing nearly all the resources, rather than depending heavily on local police forces, military authorities or hospitals for assistance.

The president and first lady had also planned to take a Tanzanian safari as part of the trip, which would have required the president’s special counterassault team to carry sniper rifles with high-caliber rounds that could neutralize cheetahs, lions or other animals if they became a threat, according to the planning document.

But officials said Thursday that the safari had been 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.

Internal administration documents circulated in April show that the Obama family was scheduled to go to both Robben Island and the safari park, according to a person familiar with the plans.

Many details about foreign presidential trips are classified for national security reasons, and there is little public information about overall costs. A report from the Government Accountability Office found that Clinton’s 1998 trip to six African nations cost the U.S. government at least $42.7 million.

Obama’s trip could cost the federal government $60 million to $100 million based on the costs of similar African trips in recent years, according to one person familiar with the journey, who was not authorized to speak for attribution.

Lil nutbar, you guys are never right with these figures and especially when you quote the NY Post.

Incredulous. Nobody believes your bullshit.

No Sarah, nobody believes yours. His penchant for taking lavish vacations is well known

You won't rebut the figures. He flaunts his concern for the poor man, and throws parties that involve $105,000 towers of champagne.

$280,000 champagne tower at Obama fundraiser with Jay-Z and Beyonce in Manhattan night club | Mail Online

 

[mudwhistle]

Is Oblama going to visit his half bro? You know, the spear chunker.

I think he wants to learn how to be a 3rd world dictator from his cousin.

 

[Rozman]

Is Obama going back to visit the place he was born?

 

[OriginalShroom]

For all the Bush Haters...

Had President Bush cancelled White House Tours and laid people off work because we were broke and still went on the trip?

A littler presepective is nice.. something most Liberals don't seem to have on this board.

 

[Black_Label]

For all the Bush Haters...

Had President Bush cancelled White House Tours and laid people off work because we were broke and still went on the trip?

A littler presepective is nice.. something most Liberals don't seem to have on this board.

For all the right wingers like yourself, why was W spending unheard of amounts of taxpayer dollars to being on vacation virtually non-stop? Why did he go to saudi arabia to dance in the streets with the muslim king that I posted a few pages back where he was holding the ceremonial sword similar to ones that were used to behead americans in the name of allah?

 

[TemplarKormac]

For all the Bush Haters...

Had President Bush cancelled White House Tours and laid people off work because we were broke and still went on the trip?

A littler presepective is nice.. something most Liberals don't seem to have on this board.

For all the right wingers like yourself, why was W spending unheard of amounts of taxpayer dollars from being on vacation virtually non-stop, not to mention went to saudi arabia to dance in the streets with the muslim king that I posted on the previous page?

Hardly any of W's vacations involved leaving the country. He was always in arms reach of the White House. Obama takes his far flung vacations to the Middle East, Asia and Africa. So, what's that say for Obama? He can't stand being here, especially since he's under so much scrutiny.

Obama can bow to a Saudi King:

And bow to the Japanese Emperor:

And you speak of Bush, "dancing in the streets with a Muslim king"? Idiot.

 

[Staidhup]

If a person acts like a one percent-or, lives like a one percent-or, parties like a one percent-or, dresses like a one percent-or then he is one , unfortunately in this case for those that pay taxes, its on your dime, and he is nothing more than a scam artist political hack from Chicago. So hows that hope and change feel now?
Ask your self one question, just how much does he give a shit about all the rest of the electorate that voted for him, his actions and conduct is of one who views these people a stupid naive peons.

 

[Synthaholic]

Can you guys at least try to come up with a better excuse than "Both sides do it" as if that somehow justifies things?

The difference is, I don't see anything wrong with it.

so lets see, a 28 million sequester is terrible but a 60 million african vacation for the Obama's is just hunky dorry.

Actually, isn't it an $80 billion sequester?

That's Boehner's baby. The House controls the government's money, not the President.