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2014-03-25 Government

Obama's 24 Hour Visit To Brussels 900 People and 4 Dozen Vehicles

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Posted by Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-03-25 09:19|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Lets hope "The Champ" doesn't have a "Jerry Ford Moment" - right

Posted by Au Auric 2014-03-25 11:43|| 2014-03-25 11:43|| Front Page Top

#2 He might even get a chance to play some golf.

Posted by Au Auric 2014-03-25 11:48|| 2014-03-25 11:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Who knows, maybe a member of the Russian diplomatic corps might stop by to patch things up. Of course, they will have to go through his Social Secretary.

Posted by Au Auric 2014-03-25 11:52|| 2014-03-25 11:52|| Front Page Top

#4 ..just what you would expect when you give someone a gold EBT with unlimited funding..

Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-03-25 12:39|| 2014-03-25 12:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Multiply everything by 4. He's making 4 stops on the trip (Hague/Brussels/Vatican/Magic Kingdom) so EACH one of those places get all the cars, guns, and comms. The USSS does not jump cars and comms to the next site. Each site gets their own set up.

This article is BS. You can't get 45 vehicles on 3 planes. On my last POTUS adventure, it took 21 C-17 sorties to bring in everything for an overnight trip. This does not take into account the travel cost of about 500 USSS personnel. The taxpaying public would be outraged if they knew the actual cost.

Oh - he's doing another 4 country trip next month.

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2014-03-25 17:23|| 2014-03-25 17:23|| Front Page Top

#6 I took some flak the other day for estimating the FLOTUS trip to China might cost $ 10m USD. Glad to see your expert comments on the absolutely staggering cost of these foreign junkets.

Thanks Billy.

BTW, C-17 operating costs per hour: $42,000.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-03-25 17:34|| 2014-03-25 17:34|| Front Page Top

#7 Besoeker: Please See Up in the Air: A Study of Presidential Travel and its Uncertain Costs June 26, 2013
By Michael Tasselmyer

A study published in the National Taxpayers Union Foundation - excerpt:

"The U.S. Air Forces 89th Airlift Wing operates two Boeing 747 jets, also called VC-25s (designated Air Force One for Presidential trips). Air Force officials reported to CRS in 2012 that the cost per hour associated with these planes operation is $179,750, which includes fuel, flight consumables, depot repairs, aircraft overhaul and engine overhaul.

Posted by Au Auric 2014-03-25 18:06|| 2014-03-25 18:06|| Front Page Top

#8 Thanks Double-A. Unbelievable. Little wonder we're bankrupt. :-(

Posted by Besoeker 2014-03-25 18:26|| 2014-03-25 18:26|| Front Page Top

#9 "The U.S. Air Force's 89th Airlift Wing operates two Boeing 747 jets, also called VC-25s (designated "Air Force One" for Presidential trip"

Oh - I forgot to add. Anytime POTUS travels overseas, they bring the second AF-1 as a back-up in case the other one gets a flat. It takes about 100 AF folks to fly, maintain, and secure those planes. So that's another 100 hotels rooms and per diem PLUS $360K/hour to operate.

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2014-03-25 18:27|| 2014-03-25 18:27|| Front Page Top

#10 Not to mention what increased demand does to the price of ~~h@@kers dr&gs greased palms~~ food.

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-03-25 18:30|| 2014-03-25 18:30|| Front Page Top

#11 I took some flak the other day for estimating the FLOTUS trip to China might cost $ 10m USD.

You didn't take flak for the 10 million dollar cost.

You took flak from me for comparing it to the the 1.2 million dollar aircraft search cost. My opinion was that we didn't need to be spending a lot.

Apparently I missed the point. Apologies.

Posted by Pappy 2014-03-25 22:10|| 2014-03-25 22:10|| Front Page Top

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