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Shutdown or no, Obama's Asia trip is still a go
Washington Times ^ | 9/29/13 | Dave Boyer

Posted on 09/29/2013 7:29:02 PM PDT by Nachum

With the prospects growing of a government shutdown on Tuesday, the White House said Thursday that President Obama has no intention of postponing a week-long trip to Asia that begins Oct. 6.

“Our schedule remains as planned,” said White House press secretary Jay Carney.

He said one of the president’s jobs is to ensure that promising economic markets “are exploited” for the benefit of Americans.

“That’s one of his responsibilities. He’s going to fulfill it,” Mr. Carney said.

The president will visit Indonesia, where he grew up as a boy, and the Philippines as part of a trip that will include attendance at an economic summit. The flying time alone on Air Force One will cost millions of dollars, at a time when the government could be temporarily out of money.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; asia; deathpanels; govtshutdown; obamacare; obamas; obamavacation; shutdown; trip; zerocare
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To: Candor7

“I pray that his Asian trip is “one way,” with the plane coming back empty.”...

The plane doesn’t have to leave if someone got real busy real fast. Take the wheels off the damn plane, don’t fill the gas tanks, remove all the seats, arrest the pilots and crews, do what ever is necessary to keep the jerk right here (jail him?).

He is rubbing his power in the face of the American people. The trips he is aways taking are all to cause distractions away from his numerous scandals and NOBODY has the backbone to shut him down.


41 posted on 09/30/2013 4:20:00 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: LucyT

Time to defund Obomba


42 posted on 09/30/2013 6:27:04 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then)
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To: Nachum

Have plane...will travel. Loser.


43 posted on 09/30/2013 6:30:52 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Rehabilitation Camp?)
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To: Nachum

Have plane...will travel. Loser.


44 posted on 09/30/2013 6:30:53 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Rehabilitation Camp?)
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To: Nachum

Have plane...will travel. Loser.


45 posted on 09/30/2013 6:30:53 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Rehabilitation Camp?)
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To: depressed in 06
For Allah’s sake, don’t forget the golf clubs.

Beat me to it! There's some great golf courses there, I've heard.

46 posted on 09/30/2013 6:48:12 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Noob1999

First thing that caught my eye!


47 posted on 10/01/2013 10:13:15 AM PDT by toldyou (Even if the voices aren't real, they have some pretty good ideas.)
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