Newly obtained records released Thursday by Judicial Watch
revealed that lodging, security and “entertainment” for the Obamas’
entourage during their trip last year to Africa cost taxpayers nearly
$2.2 million.
“The Obamas clearly either do not understand the value of a dollar –
or understand it all too well when someone else is picking up the tab,”
said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
“Keep in mind that this outrageously lavish excursion came at the very same time that the president was shutting down White House tours and blaming it on the sequester. As one congressional critic noted at the time, the White House could have 1,350 weeks of tours for the cost of the Obama family’s trip to Africa.”
Documents previously obtained by Judicial Watch showed the flight expenses for the family’s African outing totaled more than $8.1 million.
The most recent documents revealed the lodging and entertainment costs. The paperwork from the Department of Homeland Security showed ranks of Secret Service officers on the sub-Saharan trip from June 27 to July 3, 2013, spent $2,189,727.60 in lodging, entertainment and security.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2014/05/obamas-partied-like-kings-on-africa-vacation/#llQUwrbQD70oFPSJ.99
“Keep in mind that this outrageously lavish excursion came at the very same time that the president was shutting down White House tours and blaming it on the sequester. As one congressional critic noted at the time, the White House could have 1,350 weeks of tours for the cost of the Obama family’s trip to Africa.”
Documents previously obtained by Judicial Watch showed the flight expenses for the family’s African outing totaled more than $8.1 million.
The most recent documents revealed the lodging and entertainment costs. The paperwork from the Department of Homeland Security showed ranks of Secret Service officers on the sub-Saharan trip from June 27 to July 3, 2013, spent $2,189,727.60 in lodging, entertainment and security.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2014/05/obamas-partied-like-kings-on-africa-vacation/#llQUwrbQD70oFPSJ.99
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