TRAVEL
The president has a ticket to see the world. In addition to whatever trips he chooses to take, there are three on the regular annual agenda.
GROUP OF EIGHT SUMMIT Location rotates each year among G-8 members: US, Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Russia, Italy and Japan (kind of surprised that China is not here).
ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION FORUM Rotates among the 23 Pacific Rim nations. I imagine China is in this one.
NATO SUMMIT Annually in Europe. But, I think we just had it in Chicago in 2012 with all that protesting. But, this was printed in 2008 so may have changed.
MOTORCADE
There are two identical missile-proof black Cadillac limos with indestructible truck tires. One serves as a decoy in the motorcade. Motorcades are generally 15 vehicles long with the two limos, several SUVs full of heavily armed Secret service agents, a communications truck, hazardous materials truck, ambulance, media vans, staff vans, etc.
And, Lincoln used to go out for carriage rides in Washington, DC, by himself.
OVERSEAS Motorcade vehicles are flown to where the president travels. There is a separate "car plane" a military transport, that ferries the vehicles.
And, Then There's Camp David. --Cooter
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