Steve Peacock's U.S. Trade & Aid Monitortag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-941612053140989572013-11-29T11:58:53-05:00Original reporting on little-known U.S. government funded foreign aid projects, so-called "drug war" initiatives, and overseas business subsidies.TypePadDisturbing Truth Behind Obama's Travel Madness (WND)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2019b01d898eb970c2013-11-29T11:58:53-05:002013-11-29T11:58:53-05:00Supporters of Barack Obama tout his dedication to the responsibilities of the presidency by noting that he had taken 96 days of vacation at the point in his term that President George W. Bush had taken a reported 335.
But they admit that 51 of Bush’s trips were to his Texas ranch, while records show that Obama’s destinations have ranged from exotic European and African locales to pricey digs to Hawaii, where he’s sometimes traveled separately from his family, effectively doubling transportation costs for taxpayers.Steve PeacockObama Crew's Colombian Hotels & Vehicles -- Without Hookers -- Costs a Milliontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e20168eb549dbd970c2012-05-08T20:52:28-04:002012-05-10T15:43:33-04:00Excluding the cost of Colombian prostitutes for U.S. Secret Service agents, U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor has discovered that hotel rooms and rental vehicles alone for President Obama's scandal-plagued trip to Colombia cost taxpayers nearly $1 million. Steve Peacock