Your Tax Dollars At Work: Security For Obamas And Bidens Cost $295,437 During A Single VACATION Weekend, Records Show -- Daily Mail
* President Obama got golf lessons from Tiger Woods's coach in West Palm Beach, Florida during President's Day weekend 2013
* Mrs. Obama and their daughters jetted off to Aspen, Colorado to ski while he was in sunnier climes
* Vice President and Mrs. Biden were also in Aspen on a separate trip
* Each journey required separate Secret Service protection details, and the final six-figure price tags included flights, car rentals and hotel rooms
* Judicial Watch released the documentation after pursuing the Secret Service via a Freedom of Information Act request
The Obamas and Bidens spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on three separate vacation trips during last year's President's Day weekend, records show. The total tab for he U.S. Secret Service came to at least $295,437.
President Barack Obama spent that weekend golfing in West Palm Beach, Florida with Tiger Woods' former coach, and appeared briefly with the golf superstar.
The first lady and the Obamas' daughters took their annual three-day weekend jaunt to the Colorado ski resort town of Aspen, where they might have bumped into Vice President and Mrs. Biden – who were there on a separate vacation trip.
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My Comment: I thought this figure would be higher. The watchdog group Judicial Watch has the details here.
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