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By: David A. Patten Article Font Size
President Barack Obama loves to fly and it shows!
This past week, Obama wrapped up his latest foreign sojourn, returning from a whirlwind trip to Moscow, Rome and Accra, Ghana.
But critics and political strategists contend that Obama's foreign globetrotting will end up hurting him with the American electorate.
With just 175 days into his first term and in the midst of the worst economic crisis he says the nation has faced since the Great Depression, the new president is shattering all previous presidents' records for overseas travel at this early stage of a presidency.
Put simply, no U.S. president ever has traveled abroad so often, so early.
In the first 171 days of his presidency, Obama spent 22 days -- the equivalent of one full month of working days -- out of the country. That means 13 percent of Obama's time in office has been spent abroad.
During that period, the president has made 17 visits to other nations, dwarfing the number of overseas visits -- seven -- that former President George W. Bush had completed at the same point in his presidency. Former President Ronald Reagan, who also took office in tumultuous times, made two overseas visits at this point in his presidency.
At the current pace Obama would, after only four years in office, shatter the record for total travel abroad by any U.S. president -- even those who served two terms.
Incoming presidents typically maintain busy travel schedules during their first year in office, when the world jostles to see the new American leader up-close and personal.
But Obama's pace is unprecedented: At the current rate of travel, he would complete some 145 visits to other nations by the end of his four-year term.
That would easily eclipse the mark for most overseas trips by any president, including those who served two terms.
Pundits warn Obama's torrid accumulation of frequent flyer miles could have serious consequences politically, at a time when opinion polls indicate his popularity has begun to waiver.
read it all here..
http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/obama_record_travel/2009/07/12/234667.html
By: David A. Patten Article Font Size
President Barack Obama loves to fly and it shows!
This past week, Obama wrapped up his latest foreign sojourn, returning from a whirlwind trip to Moscow, Rome and Accra, Ghana.
But critics and political strategists contend that Obama's foreign globetrotting will end up hurting him with the American electorate.
With just 175 days into his first term and in the midst of the worst economic crisis he says the nation has faced since the Great Depression, the new president is shattering all previous presidents' records for overseas travel at this early stage of a presidency.
Put simply, no U.S. president ever has traveled abroad so often, so early.
In the first 171 days of his presidency, Obama spent 22 days -- the equivalent of one full month of working days -- out of the country. That means 13 percent of Obama's time in office has been spent abroad.
During that period, the president has made 17 visits to other nations, dwarfing the number of overseas visits -- seven -- that former President George W. Bush had completed at the same point in his presidency. Former President Ronald Reagan, who also took office in tumultuous times, made two overseas visits at this point in his presidency.
At the current pace Obama would, after only four years in office, shatter the record for total travel abroad by any U.S. president -- even those who served two terms.
Incoming presidents typically maintain busy travel schedules during their first year in office, when the world jostles to see the new American leader up-close and personal.
But Obama's pace is unprecedented: At the current rate of travel, he would complete some 145 visits to other nations by the end of his four-year term.
That would easily eclipse the mark for most overseas trips by any president, including those who served two terms.
Pundits warn Obama's torrid accumulation of frequent flyer miles could have serious consequences politically, at a time when opinion polls indicate his popularity has begun to waiver.
read it all here..
http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/obama_record_travel/2009/07/12/234667.html
