Obama Skips Tornado Destruction, Heads West to Raise Money
by Keith Koffler on April 20, 2011, 11:44 am
President Obama is opting not to visit the tornado-ravaged areas of the South, choosing instead to embark today on a three day tour out West where he will try to boost his political standing by talking up his approach to the deficit and raise millions for himself and fellow Democrats.
The tornadoes, part of a storm that rampaged though six states Saturday, resulted in one of the worst disasters of any kind in the United States since the Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Scores were left injured or homeless while 45 people were killed – about four times as many as died in the Gulf oil rig explosion and the subsequent oil spill last year. In North Carolina alone, there were nearly two-dozen storm-related deaths Saturday, with 130 homes destroyed and an estimated 700 more damaged.
Obama Schedule || Thursday, April 21, 2011
by Keith Koffler on April 20, 2011, 11:12 pm
9:40 am || Delivers remarks at DNC fundraiser; St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco
10:35 am || Departs San Francisco
11:30 am || Arrives Reno, Nev.
11:50 am || Town Hall meeting on the deficit; ElectraTherm, Inc.
1:30 pm || Departs Reno
2:45 pm || Arrives Los Angeles
5:30 pm || Delivers remarks at fundraiser #1; The Commissary at Sony Picture Studios
6:55 pm || Delivers remarks at fundraiser #2; Soundstage 30 at Sony Picture Studios
6:55 pm || Delivers remarks at fundraiser #3; Tavern Restaurant
All Times Pacific
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