June 10, 2013
For his June 8 meeting with the newly installed Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Barack Obama did not stint on the menu for the banquet arrayed for the leader of Asia’s superpower. Indeed, the costs for Obama’s culinary tastes when entertaining foreign heads of state has continued to rise. For example, when Obama received Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2009, the cost was approximately $487,000 or $1,441 per guest. In 2010, the cost of feting Mexican President Felipe Calderón reached $907,000 or $4,800 per persons, including transportation and other incidental costs.
This year, according to Sohu.com – a Chinese website – the cost of feeding President Xi and other honored guests reached $500,000, all at the cost of the Treasury Department and the American taxpayer.
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For his June 8 meeting with the newly installed Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Barack Obama did not stint on the menu for the banquet arrayed for the leader of Asia’s superpower. Indeed, the costs for Obama’s culinary tastes when entertaining foreign heads of state has continued to rise. For example, when Obama received Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2009, the cost was approximately $487,000 or $1,441 per guest. In 2010, the cost of feting Mexican President Felipe Calderón reached $907,000 or $4,800 per persons, including transportation and other incidental costs.
This year, according to Sohu.com – a Chinese website – the cost of feeding President Xi and other honored guests reached $500,000, all at the cost of the Treasury Department and the American taxpayer.
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