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    Default India, US finalise $5-bn defence pacts

    India, US finalise $5-bn defence pacts: http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-...e1-622783.aspx

    The rumor has it that Obama was spending $200 million a day on this trip.
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    This news is more than a year old.
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    x 2. most of the "deals" being announced have been in the news for a while so its hard to see how Obama's trip faciliated the deals save for providing ceremonial appeal.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kool_kruiser View Post
    x 2. most of the "deals" being announced have been in the news for a while so its hard to see how Obama's trip faciliated the deals save for providing ceremonial appeal.
    yup, but it is not hard to see how he could spend $200 million a day on this trip, right?
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    Quote Originally Posted by plato View Post
    yup, but it is not hard to see how he could spend $200 million a day on this trip, right?
    That number has been thoroughly debunked. It's nowhere near that much.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mu-Meson View Post
    That number has been thoroughly debunked. It's nowhere near that much.
    really? I believe it only when FOX news reports it.
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    Strobe Talbott and Karl Inderfurth said the figure was more like 10 million$/ day.
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