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To: epicure who wrote (90414)	12/2/2004 5:36:54 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

This looks like something fit for a president. marinesource.com But it's $30 million before the armor reinforcements, gun bays, lookout stations, and command and control center.

To: epicure who wrote (90414)	12/2/2004 5:44:54 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Respond to of 108807

Don't be silly. The president doesn't have a "presidential yacht", will never have a presidential yacht, and $2 million wouldn't even fund the design of the kind of yacht the POTUS would have to have if he (or she) were going to ever have a presidential yacht. I would, however, be interested in knowing what congressman slipped that item into the multi-thousand page bill and why. Perhaps to demonstrate the need for reforming congress's appropriation process? But in any case, it certainly wasn't because the president wanted a yacht. BTW, I think FDR was the last president to have a presidential yacht. Maybe Kennedy, but I don't think so.