SHOCK: Obama Ignores 10 US Sailors Held Hostage by Iran; Brags About His Iran Nuclear Deal

by JOHN NOLTE12 Jan 20161,758

During his final State of the Union address, president Obama celebrated himself, attempted to polish his legacy, and bragged about his deal with the terrorist state of Iran. “That’s why we built a global coalition, with sanctions and principled diplomacy, to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran,” thePresident said. “As we speak, Iran has rolled back its nuclear program, shipped out its uranium stockpile, and the world has avoided another war.”

Also as we speak, although this went unspoken by the President tonight, the American people are on edge over the disturbing news that an increasingly belligerent Iran has taken 10 American sailors into custody and holds two of our U.S. Navy vessels:

The Islamic Republic of Iran seized two U.S. Navy vessels while they were navigating the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, detaining the ships and ten American sailors near Iran’s Farsi Island, the Pentagon said.

Farsi Island is home to an Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) military base.

It has been confirmed that the boats were captured by the IRGC, whose leaders are aligned with the regime’s hardliners and have expressed staunch opposition to the now-historic nuclear deal.

The White House said that the sailors were not mentioned by the President tonight because, “We do not see this as hostile intent, they’ve been well treated, and we have received assurance they will be released.”

If it seems incredible that an American president, a commander-in-chief, would not acknowledge such a thing during a State of the Union scheduled on the very day this event occurred, keep in mind that this is the same President who went golfing immediately after announcing the beheading of American journalist James Foley.

 

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$6 million bill for Obama's Africa trip, $22,759 for copiers, $6,026 for 'basic phones'

By PAUL BEDARD • 7/28/15 5:22 PM

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President Obama's five-day tour of Kenya and Ethiopia cost taxpayers $5.99 million in airfare alone and ties him for the most traveled president with Bill Clinton, according to a newNational Taxpayers Union Foundation analysis.

The report -- "Still Up in the Air: The Uncertain Costs of Presidential Travel Abroad" -- provided to Secrets shows that Obama and Clinton made 41 international trips by their seventh year as president. France and Mexico have been Obama's top destinations, with five visits each -- one more than his four visits to the troops in Afghanistan.

The taxpayer watchdog group determined that Obama's trip from Joint Base Andrews to Nairobi, Kenya, then to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia then home today has a total flight time of 29 hours.

President Obama in Ethiopia. AP Photo

The Air Force recently told Judicial Watch that it cost $206,337 an hour to fly Air Force One, putting the price just for Obama's jet at $5,983,773, said NTUF. Not included are the many millions more for lodging, security, communications and the prepositioning of cars, vans and aircraft for the president.

Study author and policy analyst Michael Tasselmyersaid, "While flight costs can be estimated, the rest of the expenses associated with travel, including security, lodging, food, and more, not just for the president and Air Force One, but additional staff and airplanes, remains opaque."

For example, Clinton once took over 500 staffers with him on a trip to China, but those costs were never made public.

Tasselmyer added: "Where in the world is Barack Obama remains the easy question, the difficult question for taxpayers is: What in the world is the cost of the travel?"

The USASpending.gov website, however, did reveal some expenditures:

-- $22,759 for copiers in Ethiopia.