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Joel Hefley: not too long ago I gave Bill Clinton my porker award for his $72 million trip to the African continent. Well, it looks…

On the recordApril 6, 2000
not too long ago I gave Bill Clinton my porker award for his $72 million trip to the African continent. Well, it looks like he is at it again. Clinton just returned from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Switzerland with not one foreign policy success. He did nothing to ease the poverty in Bangladesh, was scoffed at by the Indian parliament, dismissed by Pakistani leaders, and rebuffed by the President of Syria. Instead, he showered the America public with photos of himself playing with elephants, dancing with, quote, empowered women and touring the Taj Mahal with daughter Chelsea. The 10-day trip included a virtual aerial armada of 26 military cargo planes and more than 50 other support aircraft. The Air Force, which had to do 177 strategic lift missions and 460 mission launches, has estimated that the price tag for the Asian tour could top $75 million. Now I know the President needs to be protected but give me a break. ABC pegged this junket correctly when it said it was a protected sight-seeing tour. Bill Clinton gets my porker of the week award.
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Joel Hefley
Republican · Colorado

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing President Clinton's foreign trip to Asia and its associated costs.

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