Obama Flies to Florida for Taxpayer-Funded Golf Vacation
by Breitbart News28 Mar 2015
PALM CITY, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama kicked off the spring season on Saturday with a
weekend golf getaway in Florida, teeing off with former NBA star Alonzo Mourning and former sportscaster Ahmad Rashad.
During his stay at the Floridian National Golf Club, less than 50
miles up the coast from Palm Beach, Obama planned to be out of public
view, with no official events scheduled. After arriving midday Saturday, he
immediately hit the links with Mourning, Rashad and Cyrus Walker, a cousin of
Obama’s senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, the White House said.
Two years ago, Obama caused a stir at this lush, coastal
golf resort when he played 18 holes with golf legend Tiger Woods and practiced with Woods’ former swing coach.
Word that Obama was teeing up with Woods initially came from a professional
sports journalist who was on the course and tweeted about it, even though the
White House had prohibited the traveling press corps from observing Obama while
golfing.
This time, the president’s foursome included pro athletes
that Obama has gotten to know well over the past few years and has golfed with
frequently before. Obama last year headlined a Democratic fundraiser at
Mourning’s home, and the former Miami Heat player has also pitched in to boost
first lady Michelle Obama’s childhood nutrition campaign. Rashad and Jarrett
dated earlier during the president’s term, and he’s been an Obama dinner guest.
Mrs. Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha were not on the
trip. As in 2013, the White House arranged for the reporters covering the
president to wait at a separate location nearby where Obama won’t be visible.
Previous administrations have allowed brief news media
coverage during presidential rounds of golf.
Obama’s policy generally is not to allow reporters to
observe him. He has made a few exceptions when he’s golfed with prominent
figures, including House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, former President Bill Clinton
and the leaders of New Zealand and
Malaysia.
Obama planned to return to the White House on Sunday
evening.
Bill Clinton
William J. Clinton
was the president for the William J.
Clinton administration, and is the founder of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Note: Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the Center for American Progress.
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a board member for the International Crisis Group, a member of
the Bretton Woods Committee, was the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society, and a supporter for the Center
for American Progress.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress, and the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
Anwar
Ibrahim was a board member for the International
Crisis Group, and the deputy prime minister for Malaysia.
Carol Moseley
Braun is a member of the Bretton
Woods Committee, was a New Zealand
ambassador, and an attorney at Miner,
Barnhill & Galland.
Barack
Obama was an associate at Miner,
Barnhill & Galland.
Jonathan M.
Orszag was a funder for the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, a director
at the Tiger Woods Foundation, and Peter R. Orszag’s brother.
Tiger
Woods is the founder of the Tiger
Woods Foundation, and an endorser for Nike,
Inc.
Nike,
Inc. was a funder for the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Peter R. Orszag
is Jonathan M. Orszag’s brother, and
was the director at the U.S. Office of
Management and Budget for the Barack
Obama administration.
Ezekiel Emanuel
was the health care policy adviser at the U.S.
Office of Management and Budget for the Barack Obama administration, is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and Rahm I. Emanuel’s brother.
Melody
C. Barnes was the EVP for the Center
for American Progress, and is Barack
Obama’s golf partner.
Madeleine K.
Albright is a director at the Center
for American Progress, a professor at Georgetown
University, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Alonzo Mourning
is a director at Georgetown University,
and was a 2008 Barack Obama presidential
campaign supporter.
Rahm
I. Emanuel is Ezekiel Emanuel’s
brother, a member of the Commercial Club
of Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor,
and was the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.
Commercial Club of
Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
R. Eden Martin is
the president of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama
was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was an
intern at Sidley Austin LLP, and an
associate at Miner, Barnhill &
Galland.
Newton N. Minow is
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP,
and a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
Valerie B. Jarrett
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack
Obama administration, and dating Ahmad
Rashad.
Ahmad Rashad is
dating Valerie B. Jarrett, and Barack Obama’s occasional golf partner.
Lester Crown
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a lifetime
trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
James S.
Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a trustee
at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Jack Valenti was a
trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Burning Tree Club.
John A. Boehner is
a member of the Burning Tree Club,
and the house leader for the Republican
establishment.
William
Wrigley Jr. II is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and was the chairman for the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company.
Melinda R. Rich
was a director at the Wm. Wrigley Jr.
Company, and is the president for the Rich
Entertainment Group.
Rich
Entertainment Group is the management company for the Palm Beach National Golf & Country Club.
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