◼ Michelle Obama's Africa Vacation Cost More Than $432,142 -- for flights alone - US News and World Report
◼ Daughters listed as 'senior staff'.. - Mark Tapscot/Washington Examiner
◼ Taxpayer-funded spending 'an embarrassment' for WH - Nile Gardiner/The Telegraph via Drudge
This follows in the wake of claims this August from sources inside the White House itself that the First Lady may have spent “$10 million of taxpayers’ money on vacations alone in the past year.” Without all the figures available, it is impossible to establish the total cost to the public purse of Michelle Obama’s 42 days of holiday during that period, which included her trip to Spain last year (though not the Obamas' recent sojourn in Martha’s Vineyard).