CNSNews.com - White House Won’t Reveal How Much Michelle Obama’s European Vacation Cost Taxpayers

(CNSNews.com) – America may be in the midst of a deep recession, and the nation may be facing unprecedented deficit spending and debt, but the White House will not reveal the cost to taxpayers of the European vacation that first lady Michelle Obama and the president’s two daughters, Malia and Sasha, took last month.

Travel by an American first lady typically includes the military passenger jet that carries her and the children, Secret Service personnel to provide security, and a separate cargo plane to haul official vehicles.

First Lady Michelle Obama’s tour of Paris with her children included a convoy of 20 vehicles, according to news reports. She also moved by “motorcade” through London.
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In late November 2008, after reports that executives of the financially troubled auto companies had been using private jets, then-President-Elect Obama said, "I thought maybe they're a little tone-deaf to what's happening in America right now."

The Associated Press: UN official seeks G-8 cash for climate [hoax] fund

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Developing countries need money now to grapple with global warming, and the Group of Eight summit this week could energize troubled climate negotiations if it decided to make "significant" funds available, the top U.N. climate official said Monday.

Global warming expected to be top issue at summit in Italy - Politics AP - MiamiHerald.com

China hasn't been willing to commit to a target of emissions reductions, but it has been enacting policies that will reduce the amount that its emissions are increasing. China and other countries are looking to the G-8 for financial support for clean-energy technology and adapting to climate changes that already are happening.

"I don't know how many times they have to say no," said Ben Lieberman, a senior policy analyst on energy and the environment at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative policy-research center. "They're not willing to do to themselves what we're asking to do unilaterally to the U.S."