Question... I know that the secret service protects people around the president. Clearly immediate family will have alot of protection. I imagine that sometimes other family members get some level of protection as well. I wonder if that ever extends to other countries? Admittedly I don't know much about Kenya aside from what I have seen in movies and on TV - but what obligation does the secret service have in this situation?
Anyone know? -Cameron On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > NAIROBI (AFP) A three-legged stool and a traditional Luo oxtail fly > whisk are some of the household items that could bring a new feel to > the Oval Office, courtesy of Barack Obama's Kenyan grandmother. > > Sarah Obama, who at 86 still lives in a modest house in the family's > ancestral village of Kogelo, has been packing presents ahead of her > grandson's January 20 inauguration as the 44th president of the United > States. > > Quoted in the Standard newspaper Monday, she said she had hoped to > bring him a traditional spear and shield from her Luo tribe when she > flies to Washington on Friday with some other family members. > > "But I have been told that due to security reasons I will not be > allowed to board a plane with it," she explained. > > Sarah Obama, the president-elect's step grandmother, has become a > national celebrity since the Illinois senator -- the Hawaiian-born son > of a Kenyan father and white American mother -- launched his bid for > the White House. > > "The day I was waiting for has finally come... I cannot hide my joy," > she said. "I am going to be Kenya's ambassador during the occasion and > I will live up to the expectations." > > Kenya's Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula will head a government > delegation for a pre-inauguration bash organised by African diplomatic > missions in the US. > > "It is a big feast that will be attended by delegations from many > African nations," Wetangula told reporters. > > "And because Kenya is the African nation where Obama draws his roots, > I have been invited to be the guest speaker at the event," he added. > > The celebrations are to be held on January 19. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:284714 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
