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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
2. If he's concerned about carbon polution
Sat Jun 22, 2013, 06:54 PM
Jun 2013

how much do you think this lot are going chuck out ?

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 bullet­proof 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.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/21/obama-africa-trip-cost_n_3481438.html

If you search around you'll also find the anticipated cost to US taxpayers to actually be c. £100 million.

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