Does President Obama Have A Personal Food Taster?

Does Obama Have A Personal Taster? Republican Claims President Refused To Eat With GOP Because His Taster Wasn't On Hand To Approve The Food -- Daily Mail

President Obama took to the Hill this week to mend fences with the GOP but he stopped short of actually breaking bread with conservatives in Congress, supposedly because he didn't have his cup bearer in tow at the Capitol.

The Secret Service won't confirm if the president does indeed have a 'Taster-in-Chief' to monitor the president's food but Republican Senator Susan Collins revealed the president wasn't able to eat at the Thursday luncheon given in his honor because of the security measure.

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Update #1: Obama refuses to eat at GOP luncheon, cites lack of a 'taster' -- Examiner
Update #2: Obama couldn’t eat at Hill meeting without food ‘taster’ -- Daily Caller

My Comment: Apparently this was not the first time this has happened. As to what is my own take .... sighhhh .... this is my dream job. Tasting great food and wine and being paid for it.

The Car That Thinks It's A Tank: Inside Obama's 'Beast' Cadillac

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The Car That Thinks It's A Tank: Inside Obama's 'Beast' Cadillac That Is Being Flown From The U.S. To Drive Down The Mall -- The Daily Mail

An extraordinary entourage will accompany President Obama and his wife Michelle when they sweep into London tomorrow.

The team of at least 500 will include White House aides, a six-doctor medical team and a squad of personal chefs. There will be more than 200 secret service agents, many of them armed.

The President will travel in ‘The Beast’, his gigantic bomb-proof General Motors Cadillac with eight-inch thick armour-plating on its doors. The limousine will be accompanied by a motorcade of at least 20 vehicles plus a dozen police motorcycle outriders.

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My Comment: Sometimes .... things go wrong (see below video).