Romney criticizes Sochi officials for Olympic expenses - WHDH-TV
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expenses  Posted: Updated: WASHINGTON (WHDH) - Former
presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized Sochi officials on
Sunday's edition of "Meet the Press."  Romney, who was the head
of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games, talked about the
expenses of 2014's Olympic Games.  "I think there's no question
but that the politicians who take this money and spend $50
billion to host the world for TV appearances, I think they think
it's worth it or they wouldn't spend it. A lot of that money
certainly could be going into corruption as well and paying off
various folks. It's a very unsavory thing," Romney said.  At the
same time, Romney praised Russia for being proactive about
security concerns, when asked if he thought they were overblown.
"When you have the kind of specific threats that were leveled at
the games you have to take them very seriously. At the same
time, I think Russia has shown