President Barack Obama arrives at Minneapolis-St Paul Airport in Minnesota. Obama is travelling to the Midwest on a bus tour of Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. Built from scratch, the all-black luxury liner with midnight-black-tinted windows debuted yesterday. A second identical twin bus is on a secured garage somewhere in Washington D.C. The construction price on the buses totaled $2,191,960 or roughly $1.1 million per vehicle.
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Obama walks to his bus as he arrives in Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Minnesota.
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Obama walks to his bus as he arrives in Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. The bus, with a typical 500-horsepower engine, was outfitted with special armor. “It’s almost like a corporated jet on wheels” said Ed Donovan, a U. S. Secret Service spokesman.
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Obama boards his bus.
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Obama’s bus drives past corn fields to Lower Hannah’s Bend Park in Cannon Falls, Minn.
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Obama steps off his bus as he arrives to pick up some pies at the Coffee Mill cafe in Zumbrota, Minnesota.
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Secret Service stand watch next to Obama’s bus as he visits with people at the Coffee Mill in Zumbrota, Minnesota.
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Obama waves before boarding his bus after having lunch and greeting people at The Old Market Deli in Cannon Falls, Minn.
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Obama’s bus drives among corn fields as it approaches Decorah, Iowa.
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