Look for most U.S. media --- including reporters on the trip --- not to focus on figures, equipment, hotel accommodations, menus and costs of the trip, which also takes the president and entourage to Indonesia, South Korea and Japan.
The journey comes three days after voters on Tuesday indicated federal spending should be cut.
Aside from the equivalent of two Air Force squadrons involved, the military-like "invasion" in India includes:
• Six armored vehicles.
• Three Marine One helicopters.
• Forty five vehicles, including a Lincoln Continental for Obama and family.
• Thirty four U.S. Navy ships, including an aircraft carrier, patrolling off Mumbai.
• About 3,000 people --- or, in military terms, equal to three battalions --- including Secret Service agents (30 to 40 already are on the scene), U.S. government officials, journalists and…
• The president’s chef.
The entire luxury five-star, 560-room, 44-suite seaside Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, along with its restaurants, is booked to accommodate some of the three battalions.
About 305 additional rooms are booked at three other hotels, including the Grand Hyatt.
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