Who knows - - the costs could include what it would cost to shut down or business lost at hotels, etc.
Air Force One isn't used everyday - so that would be a cost for sure and using the figures from the Whitehouse on that for a 20 hour trip it would be around $1M.
I'm pretty sure the real numbers won't be readily available.
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The country is in the middle of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, which isn't stopping rich donors and the government from spending $170 million, or more, on the inauguration of Barack Obama .
From ABC news. Innaguration was local and one day event.
I have no idea what the field trip costs except it ain't cheap.
City officials in Mumbai have ordered the removal of all the coconuts from the trees around a museum dedicated to Gandhi for fear one could come loose and fall on the President’s head.
“We told the authorities to remove the dry coconuts from trees near the building,” Meghshyam Ajgaonkar, executive secretary of the museum, told the BBC. “Why take a chance?”
City officials in Mumbai have ordered the removal of all the coconuts from the trees around a museum dedicated to Gandhi for fear one could come loose and fall on the President’s head.
“We told the authorities to remove the dry coconuts from trees near the building,” Meghshyam Ajgaonkar, executive secretary of the museum, told the BBC. “Why take a chance?”
LOL - - that is hilarious!!
I doubt he'd be standing under a coconut tree anyway.
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$170 million for the inauguration is nothing...he's spending $200 million per day in India.
Personally I think 170 million for the inauguration is a lot. When it comes to the government, they never think about budgeting. That's because it's not their money.
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200 mil/day, 34 warships, 40 planes, 3 choppers,…3 hours ago
UPDATED FLASH-DNA India reports that Obama will have our military build a kilometer long bomb proof and air conditioned tunnel so he and the fam can visit Ghandi's museum!
Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell also outright rejected the claim that 34 warships would patrol the Mumbai coast while Obama is in town.
I think there has been a lot of creative writing that's been done on this trip over the last few days," he said. "We obviously have some support role for presidential travel ... but I will take the liberty this time of dismissing as absolutely absurd, this notion that somehow we are deploying 10 percent of the Navy, some 34 ships and an aircraft carrier in support of the president's trip to Asia -- that's just comical.
A military official also told Fox News the warship claim was inaccurate. The official knew of no such plans and said, besides, a carrier strike group typically has 10-12 ships at most. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...a-india-visit/
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Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell also outright rejected the claim that 34 warships would patrol the Mumbai coast while Obama is in town.
I think there has been a lot of creative writing that's been done on this trip over the last few days," he said. "We obviously have some support role for presidential travel ... but I will take the liberty this time of dismissing as absolutely absurd, this notion that somehow we are deploying 10 percent of the Navy, some 34 ships and an aircraft carrier in support of the president's trip to Asia -- that's just comical.
A military official also told Fox News the warship claim was inaccurate. The official knew of no such plans and said, besides, a carrier strike group typically has 10-12 ships at most. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...a-india-visit/
Marine One is the call sign of any United States Marine Corps
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More than 800 Marines supervise the operation of the Marine One fleet, which is based in Quantico, Virginia
As a security measure, Marine One always flies in groups with identical helicopters, sometimes as many as five. One helicopter carries the president, while the others serve as decoys for would-be assassins on the ground. Upon take-off these helicopters begin to shift in formation (sometimes referred to as a presidential shell game) regularly to keep the location of the president secure.
Marine One is the call sign of any United States Marine Corps
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More than 800 Marines supervise the operation of the Marine One fleet, which is based in Quantico, Virginia
As a security measure, Marine One always flies in groups with identical helicopters, sometimes as many as five. One helicopter carries the president, while the others serve as decoys for would-be assassins on the ground. Upon take-off these helicopters begin to shift in formation (sometimes referred to as a presidential shell game) regularly to keep the location of the president secure.
Oranges are orange, they grow in Florida and California as well as other sunny areas.
They taste good and are packed with Vitamin C and minerals such as Potassium.
Orange Juice comes from Oranges and is a Commodity. I don't know if Obama likes Oranges though
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