How many vacations has Michelle Obama taken?

Answer 1

First, it should be noted that nearly every modern First Lady has been accused of taking too many vacations, or wasting taxpayer money, or being big spenders. It should also be noted that in the modern age, a First Lady is often regarded much like a visiting dignitary or an emissary from the US, they may be "on vacation" but they are also working. For example, when Mrs. Obama attended the London Olympics in 2012, for example, she was not vacationing-- she led a U.S. delegation and had diplomatic meetings in addition to watching the games. And her vacation trip to Spain in 2010 included a dinner with the King and Queen of Spain and the royal family. In addition, many of the claims from partisan websites that Mrs. Obama spent millions and charged it to the taxpayers are false or exaggerated, according to fact-checkers like snopes.com and factcheck.org. (In the pre-internet era, the same exaggerated claims were made of other First Ladies, notably Jackie Kennedy and Nancy Reagan.)

That said, most of Michelle Obama's vacations were taken with her husband and children. The First Family went to Hawaii for a vacation in late 2011; they also rented a home on the island of Martha's Vineyard (Massachusetts) for ten days in 2009, 2010 and 2011 for a summer vacation. They also spent some private time at Camp David (Maryland) in 2012, rather than go away in the midst of the campaign. Newspaper reports said that the total number of vacations taken by the First Family the four years Mr. Obama has been in office was nine, including summer and winter breaks, as well as individual visits to Camp David. It was also noted that this is far fewer vacation breaks than several other presidents of the modern era have taken. And as mentioned earlier, Michelle (along with Sasha and Malia) has taken trips to Spain, South Africa, and England.

Answer 2

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