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<p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0in; font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0in;" align="justify">I want to thank the hard working American people for paying  $242 thousand dollars for my vacation in Spain.<br /><br /> My daughter Sasha,  several long-time family friends, my personal staff and various guests had a  wonderful time. Honestly, you just haven't lived until you have stayed in a  $2,500.00 per night private 3-story villa at a 5-Star luxury hotel.<br /><br /> Thank you also for the use of Air Force Two and the 70 Secret Service personnel  who tagged along to be sure we were safe and cared for at all times. By the way,  if you happen to be visiting the Costa del Sol, I highly recommend the  Buenaventura Plaza restaurant in Marbella; great lobster with rice and oysters!  <br /><br /> Air Force Two (which costs $11,351 per hour to operate according to  Government Accounting Office reports) only used 47,500 gallons of jet fuel for  this trip and carbon emissions were a mere 1,031 tons of CO2. These are only  rough estimates, but they are close. That's quite a carbon footprint as my good  friend Al Gore would say, so we must ask the American citizens to drive smaller,  more fuel efficient cars and drive less too, so we can lessen our combined  carbon footprint.<br /><br /> I know times are hard and millions of you are  struggling to put food on the table and trying to make ends meet. So I do  appreciate your sacrifices and do hope you find work soon.<br /><br /> I was really  exhausted after Barack took our family on a luxury vacation in Maine a few weeks  ago. I just had to get away for a few days.<br /><br />Cordially,<br /><br />Michelle  Obama</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="justify"><strong>PS.</strong> Thank you as well for the $2 BILLION dollar  trip to India !</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="justify"><strong>PPS.</strong> Thank you, too, for that vacation trip to  Martha's Vineyard; it was fabulous. And thanks for that second smaller jet that  took our dog Bo to Martha's Vineyard so we and the children could have him with  us while we were away from the White House for eleven days.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="justify"><strong>PPPS.</strong> Oh, I almost forgot to thank you all for  our "date weekend" in New York and to say thanks also for our two-week trip to  Hawaii at Christmas. That 7,000 square foot house was great!</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="justify">And finally, thanks for asking, we had a great time taking Air  Force One to Chicago to tape our segment with Oprah a couple weeks ago, replete  with full security, a separate plane for armored limosines and a full contingent  of assistants.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="justify">Remember we all have to share the pain of these economic times  equally! Love to -redistribute- share- the wealth.</p>
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