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34 warships sent from US for Obama visit

• www.ndtv.com
New Delhi:  The White House will, of course, stay in Washington but the heart of the famous building will move to India when President Barack Obama lands in Mumbai on Saturday.

Communications set-up and nuclear button and majority of the White House staff will be in India accompanying the President on this three-day visit that will cover Mumbai and Delhi.

He will also be protected by a fleet of 34 warships, including an aircraft carrier, which will patrol the sea lanes off the Mumbai coast during his two-day stay there beginning Saturday. The measure has been taken as Mumbai attack in 2008 took place from the sea.

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Comment by TheRockster
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What an incredible waste of tax dollars.

Comment by Powell Gammill
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http://ibnlive.in.com/news/obama-visit-critised-for-overthetop-spending/134409-2.html

Comment by Powell Gammill
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/8109295/Coconuts-removed-from-trees-in-preparation-for-Barack-Obamas-India-trip.html

Comment by Ned The Head
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Oh big deal, that's a single enhanced carrier group. At today's bargain prices that's only about $500M total cost of deployment, soup-to-nuts and all the troops get these neat postcards to send home.



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