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

[bodecea]

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.

It's $200 million a day.

 

[Plasmaball]

He could save money if he rides the wave of conservative tears to Africa.

Another post demonstrating that those who put truth in their handles tend to be some of the biggest liars around.

And another post showing you as a pathetic whiner....

 

[Little-Acorn]

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

You mean, like people who accuse me of quoting the NY Post when I didn't? That kind of "Never right"?

 

[FJO]

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.

Actually, he/she quoted the liberal bible, also known as the Washington Post.

Incredulous. Nobody believes your bullshit.

 

[mudwhistle]

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.

Yup, he's gonna need a place to hole up that doesn't have any extradition treaties with the US.

 

[Truthseeker420]

He could save money if he rides the wave of conservative tears to Africa.

Another post demonstrating that those who put truth in their handles tend to be some of the biggest liars around.

what? Obama couldn't ride the tears of conservatives?

 

[Zarius]

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.

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

Alternatively, could we save some money if we made the trip one-way?

Fucking racist

 

[Black_Label]

Alternatively, could we save some money if we made the trip one-way?

Fucking racist

Big time. Little-fuckface sounds like a neo-nazi.

 

[Caroljo]

What a load of Bull Shit

Obama's trip to Africa will cost $200 million a DAY

Michelle Malkin | Obama to See India on $200 Million a Day «

And many still believe that. Desparately.

I'd never seen the $200 million figure before, but even your favorite rag is saying up to $100 mil. But I'm sure that ok with you. Although it could be cheaper if he didn't take along his WHOLE FAMILY...which means MORE security and MORE money! But what the hell, people in the US can't afford to put gas in their cars, but we sure want to make sure Obama has everything he wants. What a fricking FOOL!

Keep the family home, they don't need to be there, right?

Obama Africa Trip To Cost Up To $100 Million: Report

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

What a load of Bull Shit

Obama's trip to Africa will cost $200 million a DAY

Michelle Malkin | Obama to See India on $200 Million a Day «

And many still believe that. Desparately.

I'd never seen the $200 million figure before, but even your favorite rag is saying up to $100 mil. But I'm sure that ok with you. Although it could be cheaper if he didn't take along his WHOLE FAMILY...which means MORE security and MORE money! But what the hell, people in the US can't afford to put gas in their cars, but we sure want to make sure Obama has everything he wants. What a fricking FOOL!

Keep the family home, they don't need to be there, right?

Obama Africa Trip To Cost Up To $100 Million: Report

You are such a whiny baby.

 

[Caroljo]

Remind me again,

Remind us again how often YOU and your conservative HACKS actually tell the truth about ANYTHING?

The India trip that YOU CONS were saying cost 200 million A DAY, was universally denounced as

MORONIC.

Again...looks like you missed this one....

Obama Africa Trip To Cost Up To $100 Million: Report

The entire security apparatus is required to be present on the ground at each of Obama's stops, as his quick pace will leave little time for the entire detail to pack up and redeploy at the next location. The Post reports that this challenge has led to a requirement of 56 total support vehicles -- 14 of them limousines and three of them trucks carrying bulletproof glass panels to cover the windows where the first family is set to stay. All of these will be flown to their various positions by military jet.

Obama Africa Trip To Cost Up To $100 Million: Report

DAMN!

 

[Caroljo]

And many still believe that. Desparately.

I'd never seen the $200 million figure before, but even your favorite rag is saying up to $100 mil. But I'm sure that ok with you. Although it could be cheaper if he didn't take along his WHOLE FAMILY...which means MORE security and MORE money! But what the hell, people in the US can't afford to put gas in their cars, but we sure want to make sure Obama has everything he wants. What a fricking FOOL!

Keep the family home, they don't need to be there, right?

Obama Africa Trip To Cost Up To $100 Million: Report

You are such a whiny baby.

 

[rightwinger]

What a load of Bull Shit

Obama's trip to Africa will cost $200 million a DAY

Michelle Malkin | Obama to See India on $200 Million a Day «

And many still believe that. Desparately.

I'd never seen the $200 million figure before, but even your favorite rag is saying up to $100 mil. But I'm sure that ok with you. Although it could be cheaper if he didn't take along his WHOLE FAMILY...which means MORE security and MORE money! But what the hell, people in the US can't afford to put gas in their cars, but we sure want to make sure Obama has everything he wants. What a fricking FOOL!

Keep the family home, they don't need to be there, right?

Obama Africa Trip To Cost Up To $100 Million: Report

Obama will be spending $200 million a day. $10 million a day will be spent by Michelle on clothes and room service. I think the rest goes so that Obama can play golf

 

[Caroljo]

How, exactly, would our country be worse off?
.

From YOUR link.

"White House officials said the trip was long overdue, marking Obama’s first visit as president to sub-Saharan Africa aside from a 22-hour stopover in Ghana in 2009.

The emerging democracies on the itinerary are crucial partners in regional security conflicts, Rhodes said.

Obama will hold bilateral meetings with each country’s leader and seek to forge stronger economic ties at a time when China is investing heavily in Africa.

(FOR THE DIM CONSERVATIVES, this means JOBS and economic growth.)

He also will highlight global health programs, including HIV/AIDS prevention.


THIS is called being a LEADER.

No. that's not leadership. That's just wasting money.

Until Woodrow Wilson, our President was able to do his job without leaving the country. The nation will not fall apart if the President cut back on the traveling. Especially when modern communication allow him to meet with and talk with all world leaders in real time from the White House.

We can forge ties with countries without the President making a personal appearance.

Or has common sense become lost since we are talking about Obama?

EXACTLY! Our company has video conferencing...nobody travels unless they absolutely have to. But we all know this isn't good enough for dear leader. It would even be better if he just left his whole family at home instead of the cost of taking all of them! There are 3 extra people for security to cover....talk about a waste!

 

[rightwinger]

If it makes conservatives feel any better, President Obama will be bringing his guns on this trip and plans to use this as a hunting trip

Obama will be hunting elephants, lions, water buffalo and jackalopes

 

[mudwhistle]

One piece of equipment I worked on in the Army for 7 years cost $32 million, so $100 million isn't all that much if he's doing what he's supposed to be doing everywhere else.

You see there's the rub.

He cut off White House tours, he's laying off 800,000 federal workers, giving away $1 billion worth of ammo to Afghanistan, $2 billion to Egypt. He should expect to catch hell for this.

 

[OriginalShroom]

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.

 

[rightwinger]

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

 

[Synthaholic]

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.

Wingnuts are also hypocrites:

Former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush also made trips to multiple African nations involving similarly laborious preparations. Bush went in 2003 and 2008, bringing his wife on both occasions. Bush’s two daughters went along on the first trip, which included a safari at a game preserve on the Botswana-South Africa border.

Don't you just love when the wingnuts leave out the pertinent info?