Posts Tagged ‘TOURS’

Hagel tours new Navy combat vessel

SINGAPORE (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel toured the U.S. Navy's new small combat ship, the USS Freedom, the first of a new class of littoral warships recently deployed to Asia to partner with allies in the region. Tweet This Post

Obama Opens Door to Resuming White House Tours for School Groups

Four days after shuttering the White House to the public to cut costs, President Obama says he’s asking the U.S. Secret Service about the possibility of resuming tours for school groups, which have begun descending on the nation’s capital for spring break. “What I’m asking… Tweet This Post

Trump Offers to Fund White House Tours

Donald Trump told Fox News that he would be happy to pay for public tours of the White House since they’ve been paused because of the sequester. Tweet This Post

Budget cuts end White House tours, but not finger-pointing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The sixth-grade class at St. Paul's Lutheran School in Waverly, Iowa, sent a message this week that was heard in the White House briefing room. "The White House is our house," the class said in a video posted on Facebook. "Please let us visit." But their trip to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, which [...]

Washington Bemoans Tours Lost to Sequester While Locals Have Other Woes

One week after lawmakers failed to avert automatic spending cuts — sequestration in Washington-speak  — the effects have started to trickle in. But in Washington the main argument over sequestration has been more about tours of the White House than what’s going on outside the… Tweet This Post

Canceled White House Tours Are Fun to Talk About, but Jobs Are the Real Sequester Casualty

Republicans are having a great time ridiculing the Obama administration for canceling White House tours as $ 85 billion in automatic federal spending cuts take hold. They’ve got questions for the White House: Why not instead cancel golf, or calligraphy, or the president’s upcoming vacation? They’ve also got advice for disgruntled tourists: Come on over [...]