When The Big Man Comes To Town

[Dr. Shane]

Barack and Michelle's Mumbai darshan plans

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The Obamas will stay at the Taj Mahal Hotel, and his itinerary practically means Marine Drive will be shut for vehicular traffic on the day of the President’s visit, while buildings flanking it will be sanitised with security personnel manning them until Obama has left the place. Same would be the case with Obama’s visit to Mani Bhawan and Michelle going to Kamathipura...

To ensure fool-proof security, the President’s team has booked the entire the Taj Mahal Hotel, including 570 rooms, all banquets and restaurants. Since his security contingent and staff will comprise a huge number, 125 rooms at Taj President have also been booked, apart from 80 to 90 rooms each in Grand Hyatt and The Oberoi hotels. The NCPA, where the President is expected to meet representatives from the business community, has also been entirely booked.

The officer said, “Obama’s contingent is huge. There are two jumbo jets coming along with Air Force One, which will be flanked by security jets. There will be 30 to 40 secret service agents, who will arrive before him. The President’s convoy has 45 cars, including the Lincoln Continental in which the President travels.”

Since Obama will stay in a hotel that is on sea front, elaborate coastal security arrangements have been made by the US Navy in consonance with the Indian Navy and the Coast Guard. “There will be US naval ships, along with Indian vessels , patrolling the sea till about 330-km from the shore. This is to negate the possibility of a missile being fired from a distance,” the officer said.

The President will be accompanied by his chefs, not because he would not like to savour Indian cuisine, but to ensure his food is not spiked.

[bonnie]

Barack and Michelle's Mumbai darshan plans

How pathetic.What a self centered,self absorbed hypocrite.

This must be how he focuses on unemployment,every second,every hour of every day.How many millions by the time he is done?

Let us not forget the enviorment and leaving a smaller footprint.

His footprint is so large in waste he would scare the dinasouars.

[Dr. Shane]

Well that is his job. We want to maintain our foreign relations. We certainly don't want to be isolationists.

[bonnie]

Well that is his job. We want to maintain our foreign relations. We certainly don't want to be isolationists.

He has done so well so far.It seems like half the world has laughed at him.

Personally the more President Obama would isolate himself,maybe spend more time playing golf the less damage he will do to this country. I wouldn't mind seeing him take a vacation till 2012

[Dr. Shane]

President Obama has done a fantastic job on foreign affairs. Everything I have seen him do has turned out well. He needs a big thumbs up and a high five. He has even got Saudi Arabia cracking down on extremist Muslim terrorists. Seems like bowing to the king really paid off there. Iran is still a problem. If anyone can solve it, I am sure Obama can but it may be too much for him. I hope it doesn't get too ugly. If he was as good with domestic policy as he is with foreign, his approval rating would be 80%.

[Dr. Shane]

Obama's security go to extraordinary measures

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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle arrived in India's commercial hub of Mumbai on Saturday, days after voters punished his Democrats in mid-term elections.

Probably not since the days of the Pharaohs or the more ludicrous Roman Emperors has a head of state travelled in such pomp and expensive grandeur as the President of the United States of America.

While lesser mortals – the Pope, Queen Elizabeth and so on – are usually happy to let their hosts handle most of the security and transport arrangements when they venture beyond their home shores, the United States creates a mini-America on the move to ensure that nothing is left to chance.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...l#ixzz14XKNVC4l

[phkrause]

Good for him, and as each president after him will need more and more security as the years go on.