Costly Obama family trip to Africa under fire amid sequester cuts
Fox News – 6/18/2013
President
Obama’s trip this month to Africa , with the
first family tagging along, is projected to cost taxpayers as much as $100 million, sparking criticism
as the federal government scrimps along during sequester-related budget cuts.
Among the related costs will
be fighter jets; hundreds of Secret Service agents; a Navy ship with a full
trauma center; and military cargo planes to bring 56 vehicles including 14
limousines and three trucks loaded with sheets of bulletproof glass to cover
the windows of the hotels where the first family will stay. The details were
reported by The Washington Post, based on a confidential planning document.
The trip to sub-Sahara Africa runs from June 26 to July 3.
“For the cost of this trip to Africa ,
you could have 1,350 weeks of White House tours,” (26 YEARS!) Rep. George Holding, a North Carolina Republican,
said last week. “It is no secret that we need to rein in government
spending, and the Obama administration has regularly and repeatedly shown a
lack of judgment for when and where to make cuts. … The American people have
had enough of the frivolous and careless spending.”
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