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Originally Posted by pornguy
He is now and will be for the rest of his life under the protection of the Secret Service.
One way or another that man is Screwing the US till the day he dies.
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George W. Bush first president in history not to get lifetime Secret Service security detail
BY CATEY HILL
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Monday, January 5th 2009, 11:22 AM
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President George W. Bush will be the first president in history not to receive lifetime Secret Service protection, according to McClatchey.
Instead, he will only receive the protection for only 10 years due to a law that states that any president elected after January 1, 1997 and/or his or her spouse will only get Secret Service protection for 10 years.
"He'll be the first one to receive it for 10 years," Malcolm Wiley, Secret Service spokesman told McClatchey.
The Bushes life post-White House seems pretty cushy despite the shortened security detail. They plan to move to Dallas to a roughly $2 million, 8,500-square-foot home around January 20th, when the new administration takes office.
They will also receive a Dallas office, staffers, a travel budget, medical coverage and a $196,700 annual pension - all paid for by the taxpayers, according to McClatchey.
First lady Laura Bush has inked a multi-million dollar deal with publishing house Scribner to publish a memoir of her recollections of personal and historical moments, including her eight years in the White House, according to the Associated Press.
Scribner said the memoir is expected to be released in 2010. Sally McDonough, first lady Laura Bush's press secretary, declined to say how much Bush is being paid for the book but past deals involving first ladies have carried multimillion-dollar payouts, according to the Associated Press.
On a sadder note, the Bushes will not be leaving the White House with India, their black American shorthair cat named for former Texas Rangers player Ruben Sierra, who died on Sunday, according to the Associated Press.
Bush daughter Barbara, then 9, named the cat "India" after Sierra, a former major league player, whose nickname was "El Indio." President George W. Bush used to co-own the Texas Rangers.
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