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[QUOTE=RIJIMMY;807388]Obama holding postelection news conference
November 2, 2010
The White House said Tuesday that Obama will take reporters' questions Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the East Room.
It'll be the first chance for Obama to react to what are widely forecast to be major Democratic losses in the midterm elections, including the possible Republican capture of one or both houses of Congress.
Will this guy give it a break?
he will give a very rare press conference and then take off in a 40 aircraft fleet with an entourage of 3000 of his closest friends at a cost of 200 million/per day...at least thats what I was just reading...staggering
US to spend $200 mn a day on Obama's Mumbai visitPress Trust of India, Updated: November 02, 2010 21:07 IST
Mumbai: The US would be spending a whopping $200 million (Rs. 900 crore approx) per day on President Barack Obama's visit to the city.
"The huge amount of around $200 million would be spent on security, stay and other aspects of the Presidential visit," a top official of the Maharashtra Government privy to the arrangements for the high-profile visit said.
About 3,000 people including Secret Service agents, US government officials and journalists would accompany the President. Several officials from the White House and US security agencies are already here for the past one week with helicopters, a ship and high-end security instruments
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