Posted on 02/23/2013 11:18:05 AM PST by Steve Peacock
The U.S. Department of State spent $585,000 on hotel rooms and racked up $322,000 on intra-country transportation costs for Vice President Joe Biden's recent trip to Paris, according to contracting documents that U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor located through routine database research.
Despite the availability of a contracting awards granted to Hotel Intercontinental Paris Le Grand and Biribin Limousines, respectively, no other procurement documents currently are available. Consequently, it remains unknown just how much State spent on Biden's European mission, which also included stops in Berlin and London.
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Answer: Whatever it was it was too D*mn much!
These people have top of the line telecommunication setups that make it easy to have a very, very nice conversation - secure too - with any other top leader in Europe, at least, and Japan and China and India too.
Hell of a lot less. How bout saving the planet and doing that, Joe?
Such uber-hypocrites and the libtard media continues their multiple-year long orgasm over these idiots.
Sending him to France was worth it.
It’s the return we shouldn’t have to pay .
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