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Bomb-proof tunnel with air conditioning: Obama's security go to extraordinary measures for his tour of the Gandhi museum
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Bomb-proof tunnel with air conditioning: Obama's security go to extraordinary measures for his tour of the Gandhi museum
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle arrived in India's commercial hub of Mumbai on Saturday, days after voters punished his Democrats in mid-term elections.
Probably not since the days of the Pharaohs or the more ludicrous Roman Emperors has a head of state travelled in such pomp and expensive grandeur as the President of the United States of America.
While lesser mortals – the Pope, Queen Elizabeth and so on – are usually happy to let their hosts handle most of the security and transport arrangements when they venture beyond their home shores, the United States creates a mini-America on the move to ensure that nothing is left to chance.
The President and First Lady clasped hands as they arrived in Mumbai Saturday morning with their huge entourage
Enlarge The red carpet was literally rolled out for the President and First Lady when their jumbo jet landed
Obama arrives in India at the start of a ten-day tour of Asia. At the heart of the White House caravan is ‘The Beast’, a gigantic, ‘pimped-up’ General Motors Cadillac which security experts say is, short of an actual battle tank, probably the safest road vehicle on the planet.
But an outlandish car is only the start. Mr Obama will fly, of course, on Air Force One, the presidential private jumbo jet, which, boasting double beds and suites, is fitted out more like a luxury yacht. Some reports suggest it costs around $50,000 (£31,000) an hour to operate.
Of course threats can come from any direction, so a squadron of U.S. naval ships will patrol offshore. Some reports have claimed that 34 ships, including two aircraft carriers, will be involved (not far off the size of the Royal Navy’s entire Surface Fleet) but the White House has denied this.
The pair were greeted wtih flowers and gifts as they stepped off the plane
Enlarge Click on this graphic to see the full extent of the President's entourage
On land, as well as The Beast, Mr Obama’s entourage will travel in a fleet of 45 U.S.-built armoured limousines, half of which will be decoys. He will also travel with 30 elite sniffer dogs, mostly German Shepherds.
The White House has, according to some reports, booked the entire Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai, the city’s most luxurious. It is not uncommon for the grander heads of state to reserve a floor or two, but a whole hotel is unprecedented. This hotel was the main target of the 2008 attacks by Pakistani militants which left 166 dead.
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As to the cost of all this, the White House will not reveal details – which has allowed Mr Obama’s political foes to bandy about sums including a widely-quoted $200million (£123million) a day. Whatever the figure, it makes the costs associated with the Royal Train and the late Royal Yacht Britannia seem like small change.
It is also reported that a bomb-proof tunnel will be erected for Mr Obama ahead of his visit to Mani Bhavan - the Gandhi museum - on Saturday.
Getting away: Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama board Air Force One today to travel to India on the first stop of their 10-day Asia tour before visiting Indonesia, South Korea, Japan and China
According to Daily News & Analysis, U.S. secret service agents visited the museum on Monday to plan Mr Obama's security during his tour.
They were accompanied by Mumbai Police officers and civic officials of the D ward where Mani Bhavan is located.
While they were inspecting the route and the buildings lining the path to the museum, U.S. security officers noticed a nearby skyscraper in the highly populated area that could pose a threat.
To the amazement of the Indians accompanying the U.S. agents, it was apparently decided to erect a bomb-proof over-ground tunnel, which will be installed by U.S. military engineers in just an hour.
The kilometre-long tunnel will measure 12ft by 12ft and will have air-conditioning, close-circuit television cameras, and will be heavily guarded at every point.
It's being built so it is large enough for Mr Obama's cavalcade to pass through and will be manned at its entry and exit points.
Security measures: A kilometer long bomb-proof tunnel will reportedly be erected on the route to Mani Bhavan - the Gandhi Museum - ahead of President Obama's tour of the building on Saturday
The material that the tunnel would be made of has not been released but officials said that the structure would be dismantled immediately after Mr Obama and his party leaves the area.
Meanwhile the furore over reports that his Asia trip is going to cost taxpayers $200million a day has been dismissed by the Obama administration who called the figure 'wildly inflated'.
Last week an Indian government source told the NDTV channel: 'The huge amount of around $200million would be spent on security, stay and other aspects of the Presidential visit.'
The claim was immediately seized upon by talk show hosts and rights wing politicians who relished the opportunity to rub salt into Mr Obama's wounds saying the trip was a waste of government funds during the country's recession.
But the White House have refused to reveal the true cost of the three-day trip to Mumbai and Delhi.
'The numbers reported in this article have no basis in reality', White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said.
Enlarge US security department officials stand near their vehicles outside the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai this afternoon
He added: 'Due to security concerns, we are unable to outline details associated with security procedures and costs, but it's safe to say these numbers are wildly inflated'.
The White House have said these claims are exaggerated but with any presidential trip, Mr Obama travels with a large number of staff and security detail includes his own aircraft and fleet of secure vehicles.
There will also be tens of thousands of Indian police and members of the military protecting the US delegation.
Secret Service agents travelled to India last week to address security concerns at locations the president is likely to visit.
Mr Obama will visit India, Indonesia, South Korea, Japan and China as part of a 10-day state tour of Asia.
Indian policemen await deployment orders outside the Taj Mahal hotel. President Obama is scheduled to stay at the hotel this weekend
Tense: An Indian policeman guards the Chhatrapati Shivaji train station in Mumbai, one of the targets of Islamist militants during the 2008 attacks
The trip has sparked some criticism in the U.S., which is battling high unemployment and stagnant economic growth.
Mr Obama will spend three days in India, and will also visit New Delhi.
The White House will be hoping to secure more than $10 billion in new business for American firms in what is the biggest trade mission in US history.
Mr Obama is bringing 250 U.S. executives including GE chief Jeffrey Immelt and Honeywell's David Cote, which the U.S. India Business Council says is the largest such delegation to ever accompany a president on a foreign visit.
The presidents of six universities, including Georgetown and Duke, are also set to come.
Last fiscal year, India's $11 billion worth of investments in the U.S. matched U.S. investments in India for the first time ever, according to the U.S. India Business Council.
Enlarge On guard: A security guard stands outside the grounds of Humayun's Tomb in New Delhi, where Mr Obama is expected to visit
Enlarge A man walks with a camel past a sand sculpture depicting President Barack Obama ahead of Obama's arrival to the country, in Puri
Bilateral trade, on track to hit $50 billion this fiscal year ending March, has more than doubled since 2004.
But sentiment has frayed since the two countries signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement in 2008.
Then-President George W. Bush pushed through that deal, which allowed nuclear trade with India despite its weapons programme and seemed to herald a new era of cross-continental commerce.
It hasn't been that simple.
The job creating power of India's big, fast-growing market is hampered by its restrictions on foreign access to key sectors like retail, finance, education and insurance.
Multinationals are wary of the shape-shifting rules that seem to govern things like taxes and environmental permits in India.
And the large defence contracts that headline the wish list of deals for Obama's visit come burdened with offsets and foreign investment caps.
Enlarge Preparations: A billboard welcoming Mr Obama is seen in Mumbai. The U.S. President will hope to cement improving relations with India during his three-day visit
Enlarge Indian bottle artist Basavaraju Somaraje Gowda holds a bottle into which he has placed a frame photograph of US President Barack Obama (L) and Indian Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh in the southern Indian city of Bangalore
The Americans who accepted outsourcing of IT and back office functions in boom times as a way to free up capital for job creation at home seem less certain of the strategy's benefits during a bust.
With U.S. unemployment at 9.6 pe rcent, India's putative role as a driver of job insecurity has leaked into campaign rhetoric - Barbara Boxer's attacks on Carly Fiorina for sending Hewlett-Packard jobs to India and China helped her win the California Senate race - and popular culture alike.
NBC's new sitcom, 'Outsourced', tells the story of a Kansas City company that sends most of its jobs to India.
Indian companies keep insisting, quietly, that they're not really the problem: If you don't like jobs getting sent overseas, better to direct your anger at major U.S. corporations whose race for low cost competitiveness drives India's $50 billion software services sector.
'We strongly believe the global delivery model is beneficial to customers,' said Infosys chief executive S. Gopalakrishnan.
'It increases their competitiveness. It reduces costs. It gives them access to a scalable high quality
talent pool and to emerging markets. That's why it's growing.'
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The U.S. Congress seemed to disagree, hiking visa fees for Indian outsourcing companies by about $2000 per worker in August, provoking howls of discontent here.
'It's tens of millions of dollars,' said Tata Consultancy Services chief executive N. Chandrasekaran.
The law pinches Indian outsourcers where it hurts, at the heart of the industry's hopes for future growth in its most important global market.
The companies have been trying to diversify into health care and government work and move up the delivery chain to higher value areas like consulting. All require workers, with visas or U.S. passports, in the United States.
Many here fear the backlash will get worse by the 2012 elections, barring a turnaround in the U.S. labour market.
Indian outsourcers - and their clients in corporate America - are happy to move jobs to the U.S. as long as it doesn't disrupt their low-cost business model.
That translates into very few jobs.
Indian policemen report for duty allocation ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit in Mumbai
Enlarge Mahesh Gupta, centre left, holds a portrait of U.S. President Barack Obama which he claims to have made from his blood to welcome him
Permanent record: Guinness Rishi, who has more than 200 flags tattooed on his body, had Mr Obama inked on his side the day the President arrived in India (oddly, it looks more like former president Jimmy Carter)
Lobby group Nasscom says India's software services exporters have created 35,000 high-paying U.S. jobs in the last five years.
Industry leader Tata Consultancy Services is looking to hire 1,000 Americans this fiscal year. Less than one per cent of its global work force are American, according to company data.
Infosys is also looking to hire 1,000 Americans. Its 1,600 permanent U.S. employees - not counting an additional 600 or so who work for two U.S. subsidiaries - make up 1.3 per cent of the company's global work force.
'We can't replace all the people from here with people from the United States and have the same value proposition,' said Chandrasekaran.
From the U.S. side, perhaps most disillusioning is a law passed by India's parliament that extends liability to the suppliers of nuclear plants, making it difficult for private companies to compete against their state owned French and Russian peers in India's multibillion dollar nuclear reactor build-out.
Enlarge Infosys Technologies boss S. Gopalakrishnan looks on after announcing the company's quarterly financial results. The company is now hiring Americans
Enlarge A sweeper cleans the premises of Mughal emperor Humayun's tomb in New Delhi. President Barack Obama is expected to visit the tomb during his tour of India
'There has been a reality check,'said Stephen Cohen, a South Asia security expert at the Brookings Institution.
Backers of the civil nuclear deal in Washington, he said, 'made believe India was a true ally and would never let us down'.
U.S. India Business Council president Ron Somers said India's signing last week of an International Atomic Energy Agency convention on liability is a step forward and will require Indian laws to conform to international norms, which do not make private companies liable unless there is malfeasance.
Even India's purchase of 10 Boeing C-17 transport aircraft, expected to be finalised during Obama's visit, will probably be worth less than the anticipated $5.8 billion because of fewer add-ons, said Guy Anderson, lead analyst at Jane's Defence Industry.
India is second only to China in ramping up military procurement, making it an attractive market for U.S. defense companies.
But the bureaucracy is so inefficient the government doesn't manage to spend the money earmarked for military procurement each year, and Russia still dominates sales in a country where some, especially in the older generation, continue to regard U.S. intentions with skepticism.
Somers says naysayers are too impatient and points out that from 2007 to 2009, the U.S. sold India $4.3 billion worth of defense equipment - a huge jump from the $342 million sold from 2001 to 2006.
'We've come a long way,' he said.
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- Tati, NY,USA, 09/11/2010 00:03
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Blah....Blah.....Blah...... The Republicans have spent more on personal trips, with tax payer's money for decades. The only way to stop that is to hope they will be eliminated when they visit one of the many countries they vacation at.
- Corey Mondello, Boston, Massachusetts USA, 08/11/2010 21:16
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I was going to write something but after ready ARW from Chicago, there's nothing left to say other than WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!
- Intellibronc, San Fransicko, 08/11/2010 20:29
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This president wastes taxpayer's money. He is a weak leader. He only knows how to spend our money and divide people through class warfare and other tricks from the communist manifesto. He has a dictator mentality. I pray God forgive us and delivers us from the tyranny of this administration. Open the eyes of Americans and world leaders to this ungodly sense of pride and arrogance he possesses and whose only purpose is to enslave people. We reap what we sow so we need to reflect on how we live and think, otherwise we will be controlled by oppressive leaders who take away our freedoms and liberty. America as a land founded under the principals of the Bible, is the only land offering freedom, but all will be lost if you do not open our eyes to God's truth. Don't be deceived by this man or any other lying politicians who will say anything to get elected then forget about you and your families. Beware of the globalists. Look beyond the skin color and rhetoric. Don't be deceived.
- ARW, Chicago, 08/11/2010 18:33
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My, my, my...he does think highly of himself, doesn't he!
Enjoy it while you can, Bammy. Your days are numbered.
- Heather, Florida, USA, 08/11/2010 13:16
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This man is the epitomy of greed - he is full of himself. I hope and pray he is a one term president. Well, he is the president in name only.
- Cathie LaGrange, DeQuincy, 08/11/2010 13:00
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Bomb-proof tunnel with air conditioning: Obama's security go to extraordinary measures for his tour of the Gandhi museum
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Last updated at 3:08 PM on 6th November 2010
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$200million Asia trip cost denied but the President will have huge entourage
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle arrived in India's commercial hub of Mumbai on Saturday, days after voters punished his Democrats in mid-term elections.
Probably not since the days of the Pharaohs or the more ludicrous Roman Emperors has a head of state travelled in such pomp and expensive grandeur as the President of the United States of America.
While lesser mortals – the Pope, Queen Elizabeth and so on – are usually happy to let their hosts handle most of the security and transport arrangements when they venture beyond their home shores, the United States creates a mini-America on the move to ensure that nothing is left to chance.
The President and First Lady clasped hands as they arrived in Mumbai Saturday morning with their huge entourage
Enlarge The red carpet was literally rolled out for the President and First Lady when their jumbo jet landed
Obama arrives in India at the start of a ten-day tour of Asia. At the heart of the White House caravan is ‘The Beast’, a gigantic, ‘pimped-up’ General Motors Cadillac which security experts say is, short of an actual battle tank, probably the safest road vehicle on the planet.
But an outlandish car is only the start. Mr Obama will fly, of course, on Air Force One, the presidential private jumbo jet, which, boasting double beds and suites, is fitted out more like a luxury yacht. Some reports suggest it costs around $50,000 (£31,000) an hour to operate.
Of course threats can come from any direction, so a squadron of U.S. naval ships will patrol offshore. Some reports have claimed that 34 ships, including two aircraft carriers, will be involved (not far off the size of the Royal Navy’s entire Surface Fleet) but the White House has denied this.
The pair were greeted wtih flowers and gifts as they stepped off the plane
Enlarge Click on this graphic to see the full extent of the President's entourage
On land, as well as The Beast, Mr Obama’s entourage will travel in a fleet of 45 U.S.-built armoured limousines, half of which will be decoys. He will also travel with 30 elite sniffer dogs, mostly German Shepherds.
The White House has, according to some reports, booked the entire Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai, the city’s most luxurious. It is not uncommon for the grander heads of state to reserve a floor or two, but a whole hotel is unprecedented. This hotel was the main target of the 2008 attacks by Pakistani militants which left 166 dead.
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As to the cost of all this, the White House will not reveal details – which has allowed Mr Obama’s political foes to bandy about sums including a widely-quoted $200million (£123million) a day. Whatever the figure, it makes the costs associated with the Royal Train and the late Royal Yacht Britannia seem like small change.
It is also reported that a bomb-proof tunnel will be erected for Mr Obama ahead of his visit to Mani Bhavan - the Gandhi museum - on Saturday.
Getting away: Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama board Air Force One today to travel to India on the first stop of their 10-day Asia tour before visiting Indonesia, South Korea, Japan and China
According to Daily News & Analysis, U.S. secret service agents visited the museum on Monday to plan Mr Obama's security during his tour.
They were accompanied by Mumbai Police officers and civic officials of the D ward where Mani Bhavan is located.
While they were inspecting the route and the buildings lining the path to the museum, U.S. security officers noticed a nearby skyscraper in the highly populated area that could pose a threat.
To the amazement of the Indians accompanying the U.S. agents, it was apparently decided to erect a bomb-proof over-ground tunnel, which will be installed by U.S. military engineers in just an hour.
The kilometre-long tunnel will measure 12ft by 12ft and will have air-conditioning, close-circuit television cameras, and will be heavily guarded at every point.
It's being built so it is large enough for Mr Obama's cavalcade to pass through and will be manned at its entry and exit points.
Security measures: A kilometer long bomb-proof tunnel will reportedly be erected on the route to Mani Bhavan - the Gandhi Museum - ahead of President Obama's tour of the building on Saturday
The material that the tunnel would be made of has not been released but officials said that the structure would be dismantled immediately after Mr Obama and his party leaves the area.
Meanwhile the furore over reports that his Asia trip is going to cost taxpayers $200million a day has been dismissed by the Obama administration who called the figure 'wildly inflated'.
Last week an Indian government source told the NDTV channel: 'The huge amount of around $200million would be spent on security, stay and other aspects of the Presidential visit.'
The claim was immediately seized upon by talk show hosts and rights wing politicians who relished the opportunity to rub salt into Mr Obama's wounds saying the trip was a waste of government funds during the country's recession.
But the White House have refused to reveal the true cost of the three-day trip to Mumbai and Delhi.
'The numbers reported in this article have no basis in reality', White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said.
Enlarge US security department officials stand near their vehicles outside the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai this afternoon
He added: 'Due to security concerns, we are unable to outline details associated with security procedures and costs, but it's safe to say these numbers are wildly inflated'.
The White House have said these claims are exaggerated but with any presidential trip, Mr Obama travels with a large number of staff and security detail includes his own aircraft and fleet of secure vehicles.
There will also be tens of thousands of Indian police and members of the military protecting the US delegation.
Secret Service agents travelled to India last week to address security concerns at locations the president is likely to visit.
Mr Obama will visit India, Indonesia, South Korea, Japan and China as part of a 10-day state tour of Asia.
Indian policemen await deployment orders outside the Taj Mahal hotel. President Obama is scheduled to stay at the hotel this weekend
Tense: An Indian policeman guards the Chhatrapati Shivaji train station in Mumbai, one of the targets of Islamist militants during the 2008 attacks
The trip has sparked some criticism in the U.S., which is battling high unemployment and stagnant economic growth.
Mr Obama will spend three days in India, and will also visit New Delhi.
The White House will be hoping to secure more than $10 billion in new business for American firms in what is the biggest trade mission in US history.
Mr Obama is bringing 250 U.S. executives including GE chief Jeffrey Immelt and Honeywell's David Cote, which the U.S. India Business Council says is the largest such delegation to ever accompany a president on a foreign visit.
The presidents of six universities, including Georgetown and Duke, are also set to come.
Last fiscal year, India's $11 billion worth of investments in the U.S. matched U.S. investments in India for the first time ever, according to the U.S. India Business Council.
Enlarge On guard: A security guard stands outside the grounds of Humayun's Tomb in New Delhi, where Mr Obama is expected to visit
Enlarge A man walks with a camel past a sand sculpture depicting President Barack Obama ahead of Obama's arrival to the country, in Puri
Bilateral trade, on track to hit $50 billion this fiscal year ending March, has more than doubled since 2004.
But sentiment has frayed since the two countries signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement in 2008.
Then-President George W. Bush pushed through that deal, which allowed nuclear trade with India despite its weapons programme and seemed to herald a new era of cross-continental commerce.
It hasn't been that simple.
The job creating power of India's big, fast-growing market is hampered by its restrictions on foreign access to key sectors like retail, finance, education and insurance.
Multinationals are wary of the shape-shifting rules that seem to govern things like taxes and environmental permits in India.
And the large defence contracts that headline the wish list of deals for Obama's visit come burdened with offsets and foreign investment caps.
Enlarge Preparations: A billboard welcoming Mr Obama is seen in Mumbai. The U.S. President will hope to cement improving relations with India during his three-day visit
Enlarge Indian bottle artist Basavaraju Somaraje Gowda holds a bottle into which he has placed a frame photograph of US President Barack Obama (L) and Indian Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh in the southern Indian city of Bangalore
The Americans who accepted outsourcing of IT and back office functions in boom times as a way to free up capital for job creation at home seem less certain of the strategy's benefits during a bust.
With U.S. unemployment at 9.6 pe rcent, India's putative role as a driver of job insecurity has leaked into campaign rhetoric - Barbara Boxer's attacks on Carly Fiorina for sending Hewlett-Packard jobs to India and China helped her win the California Senate race - and popular culture alike.
NBC's new sitcom, 'Outsourced', tells the story of a Kansas City company that sends most of its jobs to India.
Indian companies keep insisting, quietly, that they're not really the problem: If you don't like jobs getting sent overseas, better to direct your anger at major U.S. corporations whose race for low cost competitiveness drives India's $50 billion software services sector.
'We strongly believe the global delivery model is beneficial to customers,' said Infosys chief executive S. Gopalakrishnan.
'It increases their competitiveness. It reduces costs. It gives them access to a scalable high quality
talent pool and to emerging markets. That's why it's growing.'
Unwelcome: Some Indian Shiite Muslims are unhappy about Mr Obama's trip and held an effigy of him before setting it on fire as they gather for a protest after Friday prayers outside a mosque in Lucknow, India today
The U.S. Congress seemed to disagree, hiking visa fees for Indian outsourcing companies by about $2000 per worker in August, provoking howls of discontent here.
'It's tens of millions of dollars,' said Tata Consultancy Services chief executive N. Chandrasekaran.
The law pinches Indian outsourcers where it hurts, at the heart of the industry's hopes for future growth in its most important global market.
The companies have been trying to diversify into health care and government work and move up the delivery chain to higher value areas like consulting. All require workers, with visas or U.S. passports, in the United States.
Many here fear the backlash will get worse by the 2012 elections, barring a turnaround in the U.S. labour market.
Indian outsourcers - and their clients in corporate America - are happy to move jobs to the U.S. as long as it doesn't disrupt their low-cost business model.
That translates into very few jobs.
Indian policemen report for duty allocation ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit in Mumbai
Enlarge Mahesh Gupta, centre left, holds a portrait of U.S. President Barack Obama which he claims to have made from his blood to welcome him
Permanent record: Guinness Rishi, who has more than 200 flags tattooed on his body, had Mr Obama inked on his side the day the President arrived in India (oddly, it looks more like former president Jimmy Carter)
Lobby group Nasscom says India's software services exporters have created 35,000 high-paying U.S. jobs in the last five years.
Industry leader Tata Consultancy Services is looking to hire 1,000 Americans this fiscal year. Less than one per cent of its global work force are American, according to company data.
Infosys is also looking to hire 1,000 Americans. Its 1,600 permanent U.S. employees - not counting an additional 600 or so who work for two U.S. subsidiaries - make up 1.3 per cent of the company's global work force.
'We can't replace all the people from here with people from the United States and have the same value proposition,' said Chandrasekaran.
From the U.S. side, perhaps most disillusioning is a law passed by India's parliament that extends liability to the suppliers of nuclear plants, making it difficult for private companies to compete against their state owned French and Russian peers in India's multibillion dollar nuclear reactor build-out.
Enlarge Infosys Technologies boss S. Gopalakrishnan looks on after announcing the company's quarterly financial results. The company is now hiring Americans
Enlarge A sweeper cleans the premises of Mughal emperor Humayun's tomb in New Delhi. President Barack Obama is expected to visit the tomb during his tour of India
'There has been a reality check,'said Stephen Cohen, a South Asia security expert at the Brookings Institution.
Backers of the civil nuclear deal in Washington, he said, 'made believe India was a true ally and would never let us down'.
U.S. India Business Council president Ron Somers said India's signing last week of an International Atomic Energy Agency convention on liability is a step forward and will require Indian laws to conform to international norms, which do not make private companies liable unless there is malfeasance.
Even India's purchase of 10 Boeing C-17 transport aircraft, expected to be finalised during Obama's visit, will probably be worth less than the anticipated $5.8 billion because of fewer add-ons, said Guy Anderson, lead analyst at Jane's Defence Industry.
India is second only to China in ramping up military procurement, making it an attractive market for U.S. defense companies.
But the bureaucracy is so inefficient the government doesn't manage to spend the money earmarked for military procurement each year, and Russia still dominates sales in a country where some, especially in the older generation, continue to regard U.S. intentions with skepticism.
Somers says naysayers are too impatient and points out that from 2007 to 2009, the U.S. sold India $4.3 billion worth of defense equipment - a huge jump from the $342 million sold from 2001 to 2006.
'We've come a long way,' he said.
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Newest Oldest Best rated Worst rated View all Enjoy your trip, mister O.! In your own country people soon will welcome you with rotten tomatoes only!
- Tati, NY,USA, 09/11/2010 00:03
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Blah....Blah.....Blah...... The Republicans have spent more on personal trips, with tax payer's money for decades. The only way to stop that is to hope they will be eliminated when they visit one of the many countries they vacation at.
- Corey Mondello, Boston, Massachusetts USA, 08/11/2010 21:16
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I was going to write something but after ready ARW from Chicago, there's nothing left to say other than WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!
- Intellibronc, San Fransicko, 08/11/2010 20:29
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This president wastes taxpayer's money. He is a weak leader. He only knows how to spend our money and divide people through class warfare and other tricks from the communist manifesto. He has a dictator mentality. I pray God forgive us and delivers us from the tyranny of this administration. Open the eyes of Americans and world leaders to this ungodly sense of pride and arrogance he possesses and whose only purpose is to enslave people. We reap what we sow so we need to reflect on how we live and think, otherwise we will be controlled by oppressive leaders who take away our freedoms and liberty. America as a land founded under the principals of the Bible, is the only land offering freedom, but all will be lost if you do not open our eyes to God's truth. Don't be deceived by this man or any other lying politicians who will say anything to get elected then forget about you and your families. Beware of the globalists. Look beyond the skin color and rhetoric. Don't be deceived.
- ARW, Chicago, 08/11/2010 18:33
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My, my, my...he does think highly of himself, doesn't he!
Enjoy it while you can, Bammy. Your days are numbered.
- Heather, Florida, USA, 08/11/2010 13:16
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This man is the epitomy of greed - he is full of himself. I hope and pray he is a one term president. Well, he is the president in name only.
- Cathie LaGrange, DeQuincy, 08/11/2010 13:00
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Thursday, November 4, 2010
Progressive Caucus was hosted by the DSA (Democratic Socialists of America
Until November 2002, the website of the Progressive Caucus was hosted by the DSA (Democratic Socialists of America, an outgrowth of the Fabian socialists). Following news reports that drew attention to the congressional website being hosted by the socialist organization, the list of CPC (Progressive Caucus) names was moved to the website of Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., an avowed socialist, and eventually to its own site.
The Democratic Socialists of America's chief organizing goal is to work within the Democratic Party and remove the stigma attached to "socialism" in the eyes of most Americans.
• Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07); won re-election
• Lynn Woolsey (CA-06); won re-election
• Diane Watson (CA-33); Replaced by Democrat Karen Bass
• Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX-18); won re-election
• Mazie Hirono (HI-02); won re-election
• Dennis Kucinich (OH-10); won re-election
• Neil Abercrombie (HI-01); chose not to run; replaced by Democrat Colleen Hanabusi
• Tammy Baldwin (WI-02); won re-election
• Xavier Becerra (CA-31); won re-election
• Madeleine Bordallo (GU-AL); won re-election
• Robert Brady (PA-01); won re-election
• Corrine Brown (FL-03); won re-election
• Michael Capuano (MA-08); won re-election
• André Carson (IN-07); won re-election
• Yvette Clarke (NY-11); won re-election
• William "Lacy" Clay (MO-01); won re-election
• Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05); won re-election
• Steve Cohen (TN-09); won re-election
• John Conyers (MI-14); won re-election
• Elijah Cummings (MD-07); won re-election
• Danny Davis (IL-07); replaced by Democrat Andre Carson
• Peter DeFazio (OR-04); won re-election
• Rosa DeLauro (CT-03); won re-election
• Donna F. Edwards (MD-04); won re-election
• Keith Ellison (MN-05); won re-election
• Sam Farr (CA-17); won re-election
• Chaka Fattah (PA-02); won re-election
• Bob Filner (CA-51); won re-election
• Barney Frank (MA-04); won re-election
• Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11); won re-election
• Alan Grayson (FL-08), lost to Republican Daniel Webster
• Luis Gutierrez (IL-04); won re-election
• John Hall (NY-19), lost to Republican Nan Hayward
• Phil Hare (IL-17); lost to Republican Roger Schilling
• Maurice Hinchey (NY-22); won re-election
• Michael Honda (CA-15); won re-election
• Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-02); won re-election
• Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30); won re-election
• Hank Johnson (GA-04); won re-election
• Marcy Kaptur (OH-09); won re-election
• Carolyn Kilpatrick (MI-13); replaced by Democrat Hansen Carter
• Barbara Lee (CA-09); won re-election
• John Lewis (GA-05); won re-election
• David Loebsack (IA-02); won re-election
• Ben R. Lujan (NM-3); won re-election
• Carolyn Maloney (NY-14); won re-election
• Ed Markey (MA-07); won re-election
• Jim McDermott (WA-07); won re-election
• James McGovern (MA-03); won re-election
• George Miller (CA-07); won re-election
• Gwen Moore (WI-04); won re-election
• Jerrold Nadler (NY-08); won re-election
• John Olver (MA-01); won re-election
• Ed Pastor (AZ-04); won re-election
• Donald Payne (NJ-10); won re-election
• Chellie Pingree (ME-01); won re-election
• Charles Rangel (NY-15); won re-election
• Laura Richardson (CA-37); won re-election
• Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34); won re-election
• Bobby Rush (IL-01); won re-election
• Linda Sánchez (CA-47); won re-election
• Jan Schakowsky (IL-09); won re-election
• José Serrano (NY-16); won re-election
• Louise Slaughter (NY-28); won re-election
• Pete Stark (CA-13); won re-election
• Bennie Thompson (MS-02); won re-election
• John Tierney (MA-06); won re-election
• Nydia Velazquez (NY-12); won re-election
• Maxine Waters (CA-35); won re-election
• Mel Watt (NC-12); won re-election
• Henry Waxman (CA-30); won re-election
• Peter Welch (VT-AL); won re-election
• Robert Wexler (FL-19); replaced by Democrat Tee Deutsch
The Democratic Socialists of America's chief organizing goal is to work within the Democratic Party and remove the stigma attached to "socialism" in the eyes of most Americans.
• Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07); won re-election
• Lynn Woolsey (CA-06); won re-election
• Diane Watson (CA-33); Replaced by Democrat Karen Bass
• Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX-18); won re-election
• Mazie Hirono (HI-02); won re-election
• Dennis Kucinich (OH-10); won re-election
• Neil Abercrombie (HI-01); chose not to run; replaced by Democrat Colleen Hanabusi
• Tammy Baldwin (WI-02); won re-election
• Xavier Becerra (CA-31); won re-election
• Madeleine Bordallo (GU-AL); won re-election
• Robert Brady (PA-01); won re-election
• Corrine Brown (FL-03); won re-election
• Michael Capuano (MA-08); won re-election
• André Carson (IN-07); won re-election
• Yvette Clarke (NY-11); won re-election
• William "Lacy" Clay (MO-01); won re-election
• Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05); won re-election
• Steve Cohen (TN-09); won re-election
• John Conyers (MI-14); won re-election
• Elijah Cummings (MD-07); won re-election
• Danny Davis (IL-07); replaced by Democrat Andre Carson
• Peter DeFazio (OR-04); won re-election
• Rosa DeLauro (CT-03); won re-election
• Donna F. Edwards (MD-04); won re-election
• Keith Ellison (MN-05); won re-election
• Sam Farr (CA-17); won re-election
• Chaka Fattah (PA-02); won re-election
• Bob Filner (CA-51); won re-election
• Barney Frank (MA-04); won re-election
• Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11); won re-election
• Alan Grayson (FL-08), lost to Republican Daniel Webster
• Luis Gutierrez (IL-04); won re-election
• John Hall (NY-19), lost to Republican Nan Hayward
• Phil Hare (IL-17); lost to Republican Roger Schilling
• Maurice Hinchey (NY-22); won re-election
• Michael Honda (CA-15); won re-election
• Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-02); won re-election
• Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30); won re-election
• Hank Johnson (GA-04); won re-election
• Marcy Kaptur (OH-09); won re-election
• Carolyn Kilpatrick (MI-13); replaced by Democrat Hansen Carter
• Barbara Lee (CA-09); won re-election
• John Lewis (GA-05); won re-election
• David Loebsack (IA-02); won re-election
• Ben R. Lujan (NM-3); won re-election
• Carolyn Maloney (NY-14); won re-election
• Ed Markey (MA-07); won re-election
• Jim McDermott (WA-07); won re-election
• James McGovern (MA-03); won re-election
• George Miller (CA-07); won re-election
• Gwen Moore (WI-04); won re-election
• Jerrold Nadler (NY-08); won re-election
• John Olver (MA-01); won re-election
• Ed Pastor (AZ-04); won re-election
• Donald Payne (NJ-10); won re-election
• Chellie Pingree (ME-01); won re-election
• Charles Rangel (NY-15); won re-election
• Laura Richardson (CA-37); won re-election
• Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34); won re-election
• Bobby Rush (IL-01); won re-election
• Linda Sánchez (CA-47); won re-election
• Jan Schakowsky (IL-09); won re-election
• José Serrano (NY-16); won re-election
• Louise Slaughter (NY-28); won re-election
• Pete Stark (CA-13); won re-election
• Bennie Thompson (MS-02); won re-election
• John Tierney (MA-06); won re-election
• Nydia Velazquez (NY-12); won re-election
• Maxine Waters (CA-35); won re-election
• Mel Watt (NC-12); won re-election
• Henry Waxman (CA-30); won re-election
• Peter Welch (VT-AL); won re-election
• Robert Wexler (FL-19); replaced by Democrat Tee Deutsch
Friday, October 22, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
What if Bush did it...would you approve?
If George W. Bush had doubled the national debt, which had taken more
than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10
years, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had criticized a state law that he admitted he never
even read, would you think that he is just an ignorant hot head?
If George W. Bush joined the country of Mexico and sued a state in the
United States to force that state to continue to allow illegal
immigration, would you question his patriotism and wonder who's side he
was on?
If George W. Bush had put 87,000 workers out of work by arbitrarily
placing a moratorium on offshore oil drilling on companies that have
one of the best safety records of any
industry because one company had an accident would you have agreed?
If George W. Bush had used a forged document as the basis of the
moratorium that would render 87000 American workers unemployed would
you support him?
If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a TelePrompTer
installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have
laughed and said this is more proof of how inept he is on his own and
is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?
If George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take
Laura Bush to a play in NYC, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had reduced your retirement plan's holdings of GM
stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you
have approved?
If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special
Olympics, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and
incorrectly formatted DVD's, when Gordon Brown had given him a
thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing
videos of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly
narcissistic and tacky?
If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia , would you
have approved?
If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the
nonexistent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a
minor slip?
If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with
people who cannot seem to keep current in their income taxes, would you
have approved?
If George W. Bush had stated that there were 57 states in the United
States, would you have said that he is clueless.
If George W. Bush would have flown all the way to Denmark to make a
five minute speech about how the Olympics would benefit him walking out
his front door in Texas, would you have thought he was a self
important, conceited, egotistical jerk.
If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to "Cinco
de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the 5th of
May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again,
would you have winced in embarrassment?
If George W. Bush had misspelled the word "advice", would you have
hammered him for it for years like Dan Quayle and potatoes as proof of
what a dunce he is?
If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a
single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he's a hypocrite?
If George W. Bush's administration had okayed Air Force One flying low
over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in
downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered
whether they actually get what happened on 9-11?
If George W. Bush had failed to send relief aid to flood victims
throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in
New Orleans, would you want it made into
a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence?
If George W. Bush had created the position of 32 Czars who report
directly to him, bypassing the House and Senate on much
of what is happening in America, would you have approved.
If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major
corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so,
would you have approved?
So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant
and impressive? Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all
this in 20 months -- so you'll have two years and four months to come
up with an answer.
Every statement
in this email is factual and directly attributable to Barrack Hussein
Obama.
Every bumble is a matter of record and completely verifiable.
than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10
years, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had criticized a state law that he admitted he never
even read, would you think that he is just an ignorant hot head?
If George W. Bush joined the country of Mexico and sued a state in the
United States to force that state to continue to allow illegal
immigration, would you question his patriotism and wonder who's side he
was on?
If George W. Bush had put 87,000 workers out of work by arbitrarily
placing a moratorium on offshore oil drilling on companies that have
one of the best safety records of any
industry because one company had an accident would you have agreed?
If George W. Bush had used a forged document as the basis of the
moratorium that would render 87000 American workers unemployed would
you support him?
If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a TelePrompTer
installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have
laughed and said this is more proof of how inept he is on his own and
is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?
If George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take
Laura Bush to a play in NYC, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had reduced your retirement plan's holdings of GM
stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you
have approved?
If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special
Olympics, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and
incorrectly formatted DVD's, when Gordon Brown had given him a
thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing
videos of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly
narcissistic and tacky?
If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia , would you
have approved?
If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the
nonexistent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a
minor slip?
If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with
people who cannot seem to keep current in their income taxes, would you
have approved?
If George W. Bush had stated that there were 57 states in the United
States, would you have said that he is clueless.
If George W. Bush would have flown all the way to Denmark to make a
five minute speech about how the Olympics would benefit him walking out
his front door in Texas, would you have thought he was a self
important, conceited, egotistical jerk.
If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to "Cinco
de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the 5th of
May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again,
would you have winced in embarrassment?
If George W. Bush had misspelled the word "advice", would you have
hammered him for it for years like Dan Quayle and potatoes as proof of
what a dunce he is?
If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a
single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he's a hypocrite?
If George W. Bush's administration had okayed Air Force One flying low
over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in
downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered
whether they actually get what happened on 9-11?
If George W. Bush had failed to send relief aid to flood victims
throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in
New Orleans, would you want it made into
a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence?
If George W. Bush had created the position of 32 Czars who report
directly to him, bypassing the House and Senate on much
of what is happening in America, would you have approved.
If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major
corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so,
would you have approved?
So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant
and impressive? Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all
this in 20 months -- so you'll have two years and four months to come
up with an answer.
Every statement
in this email is factual and directly attributable to Barrack Hussein
Obama.
Every bumble is a matter of record and completely verifiable.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
WHY is the RNC helping fire PELOSI and not REID?
The message below and the "Fire Pelosi" van touring the country proves my point.
Hi Everyone,
I hope you had a fantastic three day weekend!
We only have 21 more days to Fire Pelosi, so the RNC Phone Bank Team is rolling out several sweet incentives that I hope will get you pumped to come make calls at the RNC. The RNC Phone Banks will be open from 9 am to Midnight, 7 days a week beginning Wednesday. Any time you want to come make calls, let me know and myself, Ben or one of our Assistant Phone Bank Managers (Jordan and Ginnie) will be down on floor B2 at the RNC. This week the RNC will be making calls into Indiana CD 09, IN-02 and Georgia 02, in addition to making calls for other candidates who have scheduled phone banks with the RNC, including Sean Duffy who is running in Wisconsin 07. Please let me know what days, times or states you are interested in making calls for and I give you a more complete schedule of phone banks.
LUNCH WITH THE RNC LEADERSHIP TEAM
Starting Wednesday the volunteer who makes the most calls each week (from Wednesday-Tuesday for the next three weeks) will have the distinct privilege to have lunch with someone from the RNC leadership team. If you are looking for a job in politics, come January these lunches will be key resources. For every new person you bring in who has not phone banked at the RNC in September or October, you will receive an extra 100 calls toward your call total for that week.
RESUME BANK
Along the same lines, many of the candidates you are Getting Out The Vote for will be seeking staffers to fill their Hill offices after November. So please send me your resume to keep on file if you’re interested in working on the Hill next year.
RNC LUNCHES
It’s recess, so I know you all are taking long lunches. Why not spend them at the RNC? Come make 100 calls and we’ll provide the food!
PIZZA? NO THANKS!
Speaking of food, are you tired of pizza? I know I am. I’m changing up the food options, and we’ll now be serving Subway, Taco Bell, McDonalds and food from other restaurant chains besides Papa Johns. I hope you’re as excited as I am about this!
DCYRS SHOUT OUT!
Thanks to everyone who came to Ohio this weekend to volunteer at the Brecksville and Fairfield Victory Offices with the DC Young Republicans (DCYRs) we made 10,000 voter contacts between door knocking and phone banking on this four day trip. I really enjoyed getting to know everyone who I traveled with, and I hope you’ll come make calls at the RNC headquarters sometime this week.
As always, please RSVP the days and now times you plan to phone bank so I can correctly estimate how much food to provide. Please forward this to as many of your DC Republican friends as possible.
All the Best,
Francesca Chambers
Republican National Committee
(202) 863-8867 (direct)
(202) 579-6474 (mobile)
fchambers@rnchq.org
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Hi Everyone,
I hope you had a fantastic three day weekend!
We only have 21 more days to Fire Pelosi, so the RNC Phone Bank Team is rolling out several sweet incentives that I hope will get you pumped to come make calls at the RNC. The RNC Phone Banks will be open from 9 am to Midnight, 7 days a week beginning Wednesday. Any time you want to come make calls, let me know and myself, Ben or one of our Assistant Phone Bank Managers (Jordan and Ginnie) will be down on floor B2 at the RNC. This week the RNC will be making calls into Indiana CD 09, IN-02 and Georgia 02, in addition to making calls for other candidates who have scheduled phone banks with the RNC, including Sean Duffy who is running in Wisconsin 07. Please let me know what days, times or states you are interested in making calls for and I give you a more complete schedule of phone banks.
LUNCH WITH THE RNC LEADERSHIP TEAM
Starting Wednesday the volunteer who makes the most calls each week (from Wednesday-Tuesday for the next three weeks) will have the distinct privilege to have lunch with someone from the RNC leadership team. If you are looking for a job in politics, come January these lunches will be key resources. For every new person you bring in who has not phone banked at the RNC in September or October, you will receive an extra 100 calls toward your call total for that week.
RESUME BANK
Along the same lines, many of the candidates you are Getting Out The Vote for will be seeking staffers to fill their Hill offices after November. So please send me your resume to keep on file if you’re interested in working on the Hill next year.
RNC LUNCHES
It’s recess, so I know you all are taking long lunches. Why not spend them at the RNC? Come make 100 calls and we’ll provide the food!
PIZZA? NO THANKS!
Speaking of food, are you tired of pizza? I know I am. I’m changing up the food options, and we’ll now be serving Subway, Taco Bell, McDonalds and food from other restaurant chains besides Papa Johns. I hope you’re as excited as I am about this!
DCYRS SHOUT OUT!
Thanks to everyone who came to Ohio this weekend to volunteer at the Brecksville and Fairfield Victory Offices with the DC Young Republicans (DCYRs) we made 10,000 voter contacts between door knocking and phone banking on this four day trip. I really enjoyed getting to know everyone who I traveled with, and I hope you’ll come make calls at the RNC headquarters sometime this week.
As always, please RSVP the days and now times you plan to phone bank so I can correctly estimate how much food to provide. Please forward this to as many of your DC Republican friends as possible.
All the Best,
Francesca Chambers
Republican National Committee
(202) 863-8867 (direct)
(202) 579-6474 (mobile)
fchambers@rnchq.org
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