The President's men for London visit

13 April 2012

President Bush's entourage for his trip to London will include:

Up to 250 Secret Service agents.
Up to 150 advisers from the National Security department and about 200 representatives of other US departments.
About 50 White House political aides.
A team of 15 sniffer dogs and their handlers.
A personal chef and his team of four cooks.

Among the equipment they will bring will be:

Two identical personal Boeing 747-200s and a third chartered jumbo.
One personal US Marine Corps Sikorsky Sea King helicopter and a second A VH-60N, a VIP version of the Black Hawk helicopter.
Two identical motorcades each made up of 20 mostly armoured vehicles, including the President's converted Cadillac Deville.
The "football", a briefcase carried by a military aide which contains the launch codes for America's nuclear arsenal.

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