Obama's new bus part Canadian, part U.S.
LYNN SWEET August 17, 2011 1:50PM
President Barack Obama stands in the front of his bus as he leaves a town hall meeting at Wyffels Hybrids Inc. seed company, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, in Atkinson, Ill. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Updated: August 17, 2011 7:22PM
ALPHA, Ill.--President Obama arrived at this bucolic spot for a town hall meeting Wednesday afternoon in his new, $1.1 million sleek black bus, an imposing vehicle with mixed U.S. and Canadian heritage.
A charge by Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus that Obama is running "around in his Canadian bus" is not accurate because it does not tell the whole story.
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