Obama's Africa Trip Draws Ire

[Stephanie]

I'm sure they were feeling our pain back at home though...thank gawd they don't have a HOME they can go too...maybe someone could set a camp at it..

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By Kenneth T. Walsh
June 24, 2013 RSS Feed Print Comment (0)




President Obama's trip to Africa starting Wednesday is drawing criticism for its vast expense, estimated at up to $100 million, but presidential travel has become an easy target for critics over the years no matter who is in the White House.


President Bill Clinton was roundly criticized for making his own Africa trip in 1998. The cost of the visit, which was considered excessive at the time, was $42.7 million, according to the Government Accountability Office, and that tabulation didn't include Secret Service expenses.

Clinton's trip to Asia in 2000 was even more expensive, and Clinton was a lame duck then, only months away from leaving office. His Asia visit cost taxpayers $63.5 million. This included not only the expenses for operating Air Force One but for more than 60 other aircraft to transport U.S. personnel and equipment halfway around the world.

all of it here
Obama's Africa Trip Draws Ire - Ken Walsh's Washington (usnews.com)

 

[Katzndogz]

George W. Bush is going to Africa the same time that obama is going to be there. George and Laura Bush are going to attend (on their own dime) the opening of a women's health clinic they helped build. obama is going on vacation.

Bush's office in Dallas on Saturday announced the 43rd president and his wife, Laura, will travel to Livingstone, Zambia, in support of the George W. Bush Institute global health initiative.

The Bushes last July helped renovate a women's health center in Kabwe (KAH'-bway), about 90 miles north of the Zambian capital, Lusaka. Officials say that center has screened and treated nearly 30,000 women since opening last summer.

The clinic in Livingstone is scheduled to open July 1.

Following their trip to Zambia, the Bushes will travel to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to host the Bush Institute's African First Ladies Summit, Investing in Women: Strengthening Africa.

Former President G.W. Bush returning to Africa | News - Home

Even in retirement, Bush is a better president than obama.

 

[Old Rocks]

People, you will condemn President Obama for breathing. You are hypocritical asses that will help elect another Democrat in 2016.

 

[Stephanie]

People, you will condemn President Obama for breathing. You are hypocritical asses that will help elect another Democrat in 2016.

naaa, we will condemn you for breathing though...you weren't on this board during BUSH...you want to see condemning

stop with the whining

 

[High_Gravity]

George W. Bush is going to Africa the same time that obama is going to be there. George and Laura Bush are going to attend (on their own dime) the opening of a women's health clinic they helped build. obama is going on vacation.

Bush's office in Dallas on Saturday announced the 43rd president and his wife, Laura, will travel to Livingstone, Zambia, in support of the George W. Bush Institute global health initiative.

The Bushes last July helped renovate a women's health center in Kabwe (KAH'-bway), about 90 miles north of the Zambian capital, Lusaka. Officials say that center has screened and treated nearly 30,000 women since opening last summer.

The clinic in Livingstone is scheduled to open July 1.

Following their trip to Zambia, the Bushes will travel to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to host the Bush Institute's African First Ladies Summit, Investing in Women: Strengthening Africa.

Former President G.W. Bush returning to Africa | News - Home

Even in retirement, Bush is a better president than obama.

Bush appears to have done alot for Africa.

 

[R.C. Christian]

We condemn him for being a rat bastard.