For those who believe that Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush were blameless while on vacation, read this:
After the Russians shot down a Korean Air Lines plane in 1983.
When asked if Reagan would be returning to Washington, Speakes said he would not.
"There are no plans for the president to return to Washington earlier than anticipated," he said. The president "has every facility, every capacity, every capability to do, perform any function that he could perform in Washington."
About eight hours later, Speakes called the reporters together again and announced that Reagan would return to Washington, D.C., the next day, Friday.
On 03 July 1988 the USS Vincennes shot down an Iranian Air Lines passenger plane killing 300 people.
Reagan was at Camp David 01-04 July 1988.
WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Reagan said he was saddened Sunday that the U.S. Navy had accidentally shot an Iranian airliner out of the sky, but said he would not cut short his July Fourth holiday weekend.
''We don't expect him to come back early,'' White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said.
George W. Bush stayed at his Crawford ranch until two days after Katrina swamped much of New Orleans.
George W. Bush spent 487 days at Camp David and 490 in Crawford, TX, a total of 977 days or 33% of his total time in office. He used Air Force One 77 times going to Crawford at a cost of $226,072 for each trip (Total $17,407,544 on 2000 dollars). That is $24,084,479 in 2014 dollars.
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