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On the recordNovember 3, 2010
I think we know that just within a day or so the president of the United States will be taking a trip over to India that is expected to cost the taxpayers $200 million a day. He's taking 2,000 people with him. He'll be renting out over 870 rooms in India, and these are five-star hotel rooms at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. This is the kind of over the top spending. It's a very small example.
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Michele Bachmann
Republican · Minnesota

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Bachmann criticizes President Obama's trip to India, claiming it will cost taxpayers $200 million a day and highlighting the extravagant accommodations.

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