Obamas' date night cost taxpayers $11K for extra securitySeptember 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama's date with his wife Michelle on May 30 in New York reportedly incurred 11,648.17 dollars in extra security costs. According to U.S.
Mary Cheney acted like a diva with Secret Service, claims new bookAugust 3rd, 2009 NEW YORK - Former US Vice President Dick Cheney daughter, Mary, threw diva tantrums with the Secret Service, a new book claims. Ronald Kessler, the author of 'In the President's Secret Service', alleges that Mary once complained about the Secret Service vehicle assigned to her.
Obamas' to have August vacation at Martha's Vineyard farmhouseJuly 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and the first family will rent a scenic farm house on Martha's Vineyard for their vacation during the last week of August, the Vineyard Gazette reported Monday. The Blue Heron Farm-located on the island's western end in Chilmark-is a sprawling 28.5-acre private residential compound with a white Victorian farm house, apple orchard, swimming pool, golf practice tee, basketball half-court, private dock with kayaks, and a basement movie theater, reports Fox News.
Obamas' to head for Martha's Vineyard for summer vacationJuly 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - For their summer vacation, the Obamas are reportedly headed to Martha's Vineyard. The trip, however, could come with some complications for the first family, reports Politico.
Obama's food taster upsets chefsJune 9th, 2009 LONDON - Chefs at a top Paris restaurant were upset when US President Barack Obama sent his personal food taster into the kitchen to test his meal. The incident occurred at the chic La Fontaine de Mars restaurant.
Obama leaves France, ending landmark tripJune 7th, 2009 PARIS - US President Barack Obama left Paris for Washington Sunday after a five-day foreign tour that included a landmark speech in Cairo, a visit to the former Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany and the commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. Obama spent the final hours of the journey on a private visit to the French capital with his wife, Michelle, and their two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
State Department signs up 20k people who wanted text messages about Obama's Cairo speechJune 6th, 2009 20K people outside US got Obama speech textsWASHINGTON — More than 20,000 people outside the U.S. received free text messages about President Barack Obama's speech to Muslims in Cairo, Egypt.
Israel greets Obama's speech with cautionJune 5th, 2009 JERUSALEM - Israel on Thursday cautiously admired US President Barack Obama's speech in Cairo, where he reconfirmed and pledged a continuous US support to Israel. Even though the US President speech also supported a Palestine cause of a different state, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office issued a statement saying the government "expresses hope that President Obama's important speech in Cairo will lead to a new period of reconciliation between the Arab and Muslim world, and Israel."
"We share Obama's hope that the American efforts will signal the opening of a new era that will bring about an end to the conflict, and will lead to pan-Arab recognition of Israel as the Jewish state living in peace and security in the Middle East," the statement read.
Obama says religious freedoms are central during speech to Muslims in CairoJune 4th, 2009 Obama defends religious freedoms in Cairo speechCAIRO — President Barack Obama says freedom of religion is central to peoples' ability to live together. Obama on Thursday said Islam has a tradition of tolerance, something he saw firsthand as a child in Indonesia.
Obamas' Broadway and dinner date shows New York's 'affordable' night life: MayorJune 2nd, 2009 NEW YORK - New York's billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg has claimed that a dinner and Broadway undertaken by Barack Obama and his wife Michelle is a celebration of New York's affordable night life.I can't think of anything that is better as an advertisement for our tourism industry, for Broadway, for our restaurants, for saying that this is a safe city and an affordable city," Bloomberg said Monday. "The President doesn't get paid that much.
The Obamas welcomed by Broadway audience in New YorkJune 1st, 2009 NEW YORK - U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle made their first visit to New York City on Saturday to enjoy a Broadway play, and received standing ovation from the audience before the show started.
Obamas fly to New York for dinnerMay 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama flew via Air Force One to New York Saturday evening for a "date" to take in dinner and a play. They helicoptered from Kennedy International Airport to Lower Manhattan, continuing via presidential motorcade to the Washington Square Park neighbourhood.
'Really hot' Obama to appear shirtless on mag coverApril 21st, 2009 MELBOURNE - President Obama will appear shirtless on the front cover of a US magazine. Obama will be seen semi-nude in a bathing suit on the cover of May issue of The Washingtonian magazine.
Blast in Cairo, at least 10 injuredFebruary 23rd, 2009 CAIRO - At least 10 people were injured in a bomb attack in a popular tourist destination in the Egyptian capital Cairo Sunday evening, witnesses said. A bomb exploded near Hussein Square in Cairo's Medieval quarter, injuring at least 10 people, witnesses told DPA.
Ban Ki-moon arrives in Cairo at start of Mideast tourJanuary 13th, 2009 CAIRO - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Cairo Wednesday at the start of a Middle East tour to seek an end to Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip. Ban was expected to meet Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Wednesday to discuss Cairo's initiative for a ceasefire in the current conflict.
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