New Delhi: The White House will, of course, stay in Washington but the heart of the famous building will move to India when President Barack Obama lands in Mumbai on Saturday.
Communications set-up and nuclear button and majority of the White House staff will be in India accompanying the President on this three-day visit that will cover Mumbai and Delhi.
He will also be protected by a fleet of 34 warships, including an aircraft carrier, which will patrol the sea lanes off the Mumbai coast during his two-day stay there beginning Saturday. The measure has been taken as Mumbai attack in 2008 took place from the sea.
Arrangements have been put in place for emergency evacuation, if needed.
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Does he just sit and think how he can cost us more money each day?
ReplyDeleteI do not like the idea of excessive spending, and I am certainly not an Obama fan, but the security measures for the trip are designed by the Secret Service, not by Obama and a group of White House buddies. Maybe someone should inquire with the Secret Service as to why such seemingly excessive security measures are required.
ReplyDeleteWhat I don't understand is how you idiots support Bush when he called N. Korea apart of the axis of evil, but you don't understand why we would put forces in place when our president travels within clear range of the thousands of artillery pieces and war ships pointed toward S. Korea and Japan.
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