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Five myths about presidential vacations George W. Bush took more vacation days than any other president. During his eight-year presidency, Bush did take 879 days of vacation, including 77 trips to his Texas ranch. So far, Obama has taken about 150 days off. But our founders were away even more. During his first two years in office, President John Adams was criticized for making two lengthy trips to his home in Quincy, Mass., taking him away from the capital, which was then Philadelphia, for a total of eight months.
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- Report: 8 years of Obama vacations cost $85 million. 1  President Barack Obama after finishing a round of golf at Mid-Pacific Country Club during last year’s vacation in Hawaii. 2  As one of the most well-traveled Commander-in-Chiefs in U.S. history, President Obama has made numerous historic trips around the globe.
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Study: Obama Most Traveled President, With 31 Costly Trips Abroad The survey by the National Taxpayers Union Foundation (NTUF) was released Monday as the president started a five-day, five-country trip to Europe and the Middle East. It says that Obama has taken 31 foreign trips totaling 119 days since assuming office in 2009. At the same point in his presidency, George W. Bush had spent 116 days on 28 trips, while Bill Clinton had taken 27 journeys for 113 days.
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Fore! Obama plans 16-day Martha's Vineyard vacation on $12m estate Reports from the Bay State indicate that President Obama and his family will vacation August 9-24 at the $12 million, 8,100-square foot, beachfront home of a Democratic donor that includes a pool, hot tub, basketball and tennis court.
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Obama has been on a third as many vacations as George W. Bush had at this point in his presidency Bush attended far fewer political fundraisers that Obama while living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, as well. In announcing Obama's 400th fundraiser as president on twitter Monday, Knoller said Bush had headlined 224 cash-gathering events at the same point in time. Bush has Obama beat in terms of the number of days he'd spent on vacation and the number of times he'd been on vacation at same point in his presidency.
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- Obama has taken 140 days of vacation so far, while George W. Bush ended up taking 533. Fact check: Did Obama or Bush take more vacation? Obama has taken 140 days of vacation so far, while George W. Bush ended up taking 533. Post to Facebook. Fact check: Did Obama or Bush take more vacation?
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President Obamaâs Vacation Days A: According to one count, Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush spent more time on vacation during their first year than President Obama did. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton spent less time on vacation.. FULL ANSWER.
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How Much Has All of Obama's Vacationing Cost Taxpayers? Some more details on Obama's vacation costs provided by Kumar via Judicial Watch's records requests: Judicial Watch recently received records revealing that Secret Service expenses for the first family’s 2015 Hawaiian vacation cost taxpayers $1.2 million, bringing the total cost of the vacation trip to at least $4.8 million.
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- This is Mr. Obama's 9th vacation since taking office. As of August 19, 2010, he has spent all or part of 38 days on vacation away from the White House. He has also made 14 v…isits to Camp David spanning all or part of 32 days. It brings his total time away to all or part of 70 days.
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How President Obama's vacation time stacks up Bill Clinton took 174 days at Martha's Vineyard and Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and Ronald Reagan vacationed 349 days at his California ranch over eight years. President Obama is also not the first to cut a vacation short. Reagan did it in 1983, Clinton in 1993 and 1998, and Bush, in 2005, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. To be fair, no President really takes a vacation.
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Hey Conservatives, Letâs Compare Obama And Bush Vacations However, setting all that aside, just how many vacations has Obama taken since he assumed office in January of 2009 and how does that compare to George W. Bush’s record? Last December, CBS News reported that the number of vacation days President Obama has taken since the beginning of his presidency stood at 161 days. If you add the 28 days of vacation he has taken this year his total comes to 189 days.
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Compared to past presidents, Obama takes few vacations This is not the first time the President has been criticized for taking a vacation during an urgent situation. During Obama's first term in 2009, Obama addressed the Underwear Bomber situation on television from Hawaii.
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Who vacationed more, Bush or Obama? Says President Barack Obama has taken 92 days of vacation since he was sworn in, compared to 367 for President George W. Bush at the same point in his presidency. — Al Sharpton on Friday, August 9th, 2013 in a segment of his MSNBC show, Politics Nation.
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How many vacation days has obama taken so far? According to CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller, considered the unofficial presidential statistician, Obama has taken nine vacations since taking offi…ce. By the end of August, 2010, Knoller said, Obama willl have spent 48 days on vacation since he became president on January 20, 2009.
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Trump: Obama takes more vacations than any human The Obama family excursion to the playground of the affluent, non-working, old money rich adds to the nearly 60 days of vacations that Michelle Obama herself has already taken this year! That’s two months of vacations when most hard working stiffs are lucky to get 2 weeks of vacation per year.
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Compared to past presidents, Obama takes few vacations Each Christmas, President Obama takes a vacation with his family in Hawaii and this year was no different. Last Friday the First Family touched down ready to enjoy their two-week trip.
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Who vacationed more, Bush or Obama? By Louis Jacobson on Tuesday, August 13th, 2013 at 11:16 a.m. President Barack Obama golfs at the Vineyard Golf Club in Edgartown, Mass., Aug. 12, 2013. It’s an old tradition in American politics -- taking potshots at the president for his vacation choices.
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Obama To Take Longest Vacation Yet In $12 Million Luxury Residence In Marthaâs Vineyard Obama To Take Longest Vacation Yet In $12 Million Luxury Residence In Martha’s Vineyard. Reports from the Bay State indicate that President Obama and his family will vacation August 9-24 at the $12 million, 8,100-square foot, beachfront home of a Democratic donor that...
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How President Obama's vacation time stacks up Theodore Roosevelt was said to have left Washington, DC for months at a time, and our fourth President, James Madison, took a four month vacation back in 1816. Here's how Mr. Obama stacks up against more recent Presidents, if he keeps pace with 168 vacation days over eight years.
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Report: Price of Obama getaways $70 million so far, and counting The first family picks up the tab for housing when they are on vacation. Published reports indicate that the Obamas spend $25,000 per week for their private vacation home in Hawaii and $50,000 a week for their private vacation home, the Blue Heron Farm, on Martha’s Vineyard.
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The Latest Obama Outrage: the Family's $100 Million Vacation The cost for protecting a president is enormous. Even so $100 million is a lot of money and I wondered just how far it would go were it spent on disadvantaged children who in their lifetimes might never have taken a single vacation. It's a wonderful thing to take a vacation. I hope the Obama's enjoy theirs.
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Obama in Hawaii: An Inside Look at the First Family's Winter Vacation It was a long year for President Obama (see: ISIS, Ebola, Democrats' staggering loss in the 2014 midterms) -- and the commander-in-chief is in serious need of a little R&R. Obama and family departed on Dec. 19 for a 16-day holiday in his native state, Hawaii.
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Facts take a vacation in Occupy Democrats' post about presidential, congressional time off Below a photograph of Obama are the words, Has taken less vacation days than any other president in a generation.. Below an image of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan are the words, Have taken more vacation days than any other Congress in history..
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- Obama plans 16-day Martha's Vineyard vacation on $12m estate. President Obama reacting as he misses a shot while golfing on the first hole at Farm Neck Golf Club in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard last year.
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US Taxpayers Spent $1.4 BILLION On Obamaâs Vacations And Perks US Taxpayers Spent $1.4 BILLION On Obama’s Vacations And Perks Taxpayers spent $1.4 billion dollars on everything from staffing, housing, flying and entertaining President Obama and his family last year, according to the author of a new book on... by Geoffrey Grider September 27, 2012
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New Obama vacation costs uncovered; They now exceed $70 million Andrew Malcolm. New Obama vacation costs uncovered; They now exceed $70 million. As Barack, Michelle, Malia and Sasha Obama, family, friends, pets and staff enjoy their half-month-long Hawaiian vacation, the Secret Service finally complied with a court order to release some Obama vacation expenses from two years ago.