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President Obama’s Vacation Days
Q: Has President Obama taken more vacation time than his predecessors?
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
President Obama has spent all or part of 26 days "on vacation" during his
first year as president, according to CBS News White House Correspondent
Mark Knoller.
Knoller, who has covered every president since Gerald Ford and is known for
keeping detailed records on presidential travel, counts the following among
President Obama’s "vacations" in 2009:
A four-day holiday weekend in Chicago in February where the president
played some basketball and treated First Lady Michelle Obama to a Valentine
’s Day dinner date.
An eight-day stay with his family at a rented house on Martha’s
Vineyard in August.
A trip out west to the U.S. states of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and
Arizona that combined both business and pleasure. The president held town
hall meetings on health care during the trip. And he went fly fishing and
took trips to Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Canyon with his wife
and two daughters.
An 11-day stay in Hawaii where the president and his family celebrated
Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
Some of the president’s recent predecessors, however, have spent more days
— either entirely or partially — away from the White House "on vacation"
during their first year in office.
President Reagan, in 1981, spent all or part of 42 days away from the White
House "on vacation" at his home in Santa Barbara, Calif, according to
Knoller. President Reagan and his wife, Nancy, also spent three or four days
around New Year’s Day each year in Palm Springs, Calif., at the home of
philanthropist Walter Annenberg. (In 1993 the late Mr. Annenberg founded the
nonpartisan Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of
Pennsylvania, which is FactCheck.org’s parent organization.)
President George W. Bush spent even more time away from the presidential
mansion in the nation’s capital than Reagan. Of the 77 total "vacation"
trips the former president made to his Texas ranch while in office, nine of
them — all or part of 69 days — came during his first year as president in
2001, according to Knoller.
Bush’s father, President George H.W. Bush, spent less time "on vacation"
during his first year than his son, but spent more days than President Obama
. According to travel records provided to FactCheck.org by the George Bush
Presidential Library and Museum, the former president took six trips —
spanning all or part of 40 days — to the Bush family compound in
Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1989. The archivist at Bush’s presidential library
told us she didn’t have a list of all vacations but did have the
Kennebunkport visits.
But at least two recent presidents — by Knoller’s count — took less "
vacation" time during their first year than President Obama — Presidents
Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton.
According to Knoller, Carter spent just 19 days "on vacation" in 1977. Most
of that time, Knoller says, the former president spent at his home in Plains
, Ga. President Clinton took all or part of 174 days of vacation during his
eight years as president — most of that "vacation" time was during the
summer, according to Knoller. But Knoller says Clinton only took 21 "
vacation" days during his first year.
It’s worth mentioning that President Obama has also made 11 trips — all or
part of 27 days — to Camp David, the presidential retreat in Frederick
County, Md. Knoller, however, says he doesn’t count trips to Camp David as
part of any presidents’ "vacation" time. But for the sake of comparison,
President George W. Bush, made more trips to that country residence than
Obama. According to Knoller, Bush made 25 trips — a total of 78 days — to
Camp David in 2001.
But no matter how much time a president actually spends away from the
official residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Knoller says that the
commander in chief is never really off the clock. "I have long held the view
that a US president is never really on vacation," Knoller told FactCheck.
org in an e-mail. "The job – and its awesome powers and responsibilities –
is his wherever he is and whatever he’s doing."
–D’Angelo Gore
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Knoller, Mark. "Obama Seeks Rest on Foray Out West." CBS News "Political
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vacation." Honolulu Advertiser. 4 Jan 2010. | y****t
发帖数: 10233 | 2 if obama stay in his chicago home like bush did, save some taxpayers dollars.
I think perspectives might be a bit different.
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: http://www.factcheck.org/2010/01/president-obamas-vacation-days
: President Obama’s Vacation Days
: Q: Has President Obama taken more vacation time than his predecessors?
: 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
: President Obama has spent all or part of 26 days "on vacation" during his
: first year as president, according to CBS News White House Correspondent
| P*********0
发帖数: 4321 | 3 you got different numbers?
please show them. It's your prime time. | z********1
发帖数: 997 | 4 why bother arguing with someone who is obviously blind to facts and
reoccupied with his opinions.
vacations or not, doesn't make much difference.
just like banging Leweinsky or not, doesn't hurt Clinton's achievement.
Let the bitches whine.
【在 P*********0 的大作中提到】
: you got different numbers?
: please show them. It's your prime time.
| K******S
发帖数: 10109 | 5 1st year?
Do you have the numbers of 4 years combined?
【在 P*********0 的大作中提到】
: http://www.factcheck.org/2010/01/president-obamas-vacation-days
: President Obama’s Vacation Days
: Q: Has President Obama taken more vacation time than his predecessors?
: 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
: President Obama has spent all or part of 26 days "on vacation" during his
: first year as president, according to CBS News White House Correspondent
| P*********0
发帖数: 4321 | 6 maybe you have better -
31 months in office, Obama took 61 vacation days while Bush took 180.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/17/eveningnews/main20093
Following his three-day bus tour to promote his economic agenda -- and not
to mention the debt limit rancor in Washington before that -- President
Obama is finally getting some rest and relaxation.
On Thursday, he and his family are heading off to Martha's Vineyard, the
island off of Massachusetts. They'll be staying at a 28-acre retreat called
Blue Heron Farm for about 10 days.
Raw Video: Obama's Martha's Vinyard retreat
There has been criticism of the president's vacation at this time. But how
does the number of vacation days the president has spent compare to his
predecessors? CBS Radio's Mark Knoller has kept track of presidential
vacations for years and supplied the data.
So far, President Obama has taken 61 vacation days after 31 months in office
. At this point in their presidencies, George W. Bush had spent 180 days at
his ranch where his staff often joined him for meetings. And Ronald Reagan
had taken 112 vacation days at his ranch.
Among recent presidents, Bill Clinton took the least time off -- 28 days.
To be fair, a presidential vacation away from the White House is not the
same as a vacation for the average person. The president is still in contact
with his advisers and on call for any emergency.
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: 1st year?
: Do you have the numbers of 4 years combined?
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