Title: Five myths about presidential vacations - The Washington Post
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Myths of 2014
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Content: “Presidents don’t get vacations — they just get a change of scenery,” Nancy Reagan once said in defense of her husband’s frequent trips to his ranch in Santa Barbara, Calif.
In the nuclear age, presidents may have only minutes to make a decision that could affect the entire world. They don’t so much leave the White House as they take a miniature version of it with them wherever they go. Some 200 people accompany a president on vacation — including White House aides, Secret Service agents, military advisers, and experts in communications and transportation — to ensure that, while on vacation, the president can do nearly everything he could accomplish in Washington. 1 of 18
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Fact or fiction? A collection from Outlook’s popular Five Myths series. Caption
Fact or fiction? A collection from Outlook’s popular Five Myths series. MYTH: Sanctions never work. “ The most complete academic studies on the matter show that sanctions lead to concessions from the targeted government in one out of every three or four cases,” writes Daniel W. Drezner in “ Five myths about sanctions. “