That's not very funny!
(Psssst - no really, that IS kinda good...)
Posted on 01/19/2005 5:47:38 PM PST by Libloather
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a70b8577a8c.htm
Clinton's Costly Vietnam Trip -- More than $63.5 Million
Source: Far Eastern Economic Review
Published: 2-1-01
Clinton's Costly Vietnam Trip
The massive cost of airlifting Bill Clinton and his entourage to Vietnam last year has ruffled some feathers in the U.S. military. The former president paid historic visits to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the former South Vietnamese capital Saigon, in November. Informal research conducted by officers and staff of the Strategic Assessment Centre and the School of Advanced Airpower Studies says 74 U.S. Air Force aircraft, including 26 giant C-5 Galaxy transports, were used to ferry secret service personnel, support staff and equipment to Vietnam for the one-week visit. The bill for the airlift alone came to $63.5 million, says a memo reporting on the investigation findings. The memo, which was headlined "Taxpayers and USAF get it one more time," compared this to a total airlift budget of $6.9 million for the Marine Expeditionary Force to move 27,000 marines and 3,000 tons of equipment and stores during the coming fiscal year.
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And his 1998 China trip cost at least $40 million.
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From CNN.com - 1/13/05
http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/13/inauguration.costs.ap/
The amount spent on this year's festivities will rival the $40 million raised to celebrate Bush's first inauguration in 2001, and will exceed the $33 million spent by President Clinton in 1993 when Democrats returned to the White House for the first time in 12 years.
While the partying is being paid for privately, there have been some mutterings about the scale of the celebrations at a time of war and natural disaster.
1) Would he really notice?
2) Would he really care?
3) Would they laugh (like the rest of us) after he left?
I have seen this before and it is disgusting. No way is Web her father. He would not have lowered himself to touch Hill the Hun.
I DID? At this point I would suggest putting down your pistol and laying in the circle of light. DO NOT RESIST! I'll watch for you on COPS!
Could this be her twin sister separated at birth because of sinister political machinations?
http://www.shutterpoint.com/Photos%2FS%2F20040911_183220_232_3239_thum.jpg
Let's not forget his little tryst to Thailand in the mid 90's. He got laid on our dime.
That's not very funny!
(Psssst - no really, that IS kinda good...)
ping
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