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Vice President Biden's $583K Shangri-la Hotel Bill in Singapore
2013-12-07
[WEEKLYSTANDARD] Vice President Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden
The former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body...
's $585,000 hotel bill for a Gay Paree visit early in 2013 focused a lot of attention on the issue of the high cost of VIP travel. Even as Biden is currently on a swing through the Far East, the State Department has posted a $583,000 contract with the Shangri-la Hotel in Singapore for the vice president's three-day/two-night stay this past July, his most recent Far East visit. Though the online Justification and Approval document is somewhat poor quality, it indicates a need for a hotel "to host a VIP visit of over 250 guests at during the principal's visit," the "principal" in this case being the vice president
Posted by:Fred

#7  My personal favorite Biden foto...

This is mine (scroll down to the second one).
Posted by: Angie Schultz   2013-12-07 19:38  

#6  My personal favorite Biden foto, the Tom Clancy look, sans baseball cap. Imitation of the imitator, the highest form of compliment.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-12-07 16:27  

#5  Booking.com has rooms available at the Shangri La from 300 US$
Posted by: European Conservative   2013-12-07 15:41  

#4  Even joe was in Singapore he still ordered Chinese take out from tony chengs in DC
Posted by: Airandee   2013-12-07 15:02  

#3  How many people is he travelling with?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2013-12-07 12:29  

#2  Depends on how many Carradines were ordered.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2013-12-07 12:15  

#1  $194,000 per diem ? rates have sure changed since 1980's, huh ... ya baby.
Posted by: Au Auric   2013-12-07 00:26  

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