Austerity hits White House, welcome carpet rolled back!
7 March 2013 5:50 AM IST
You are not welcome to tour the White House anymore!
US President Barack Obama's administration announced on Tuesday that all public tours of the White House will be cancelled after Friday because of budget cuts hitting all areas of the federal government. The cancellation likely will disappoint thousands of tourists who had planned to take a tour while visiting Washington.
Tickets for the free, self-guided tours are distributed through congressional offices. The tickets normally are scooped up between three weeks and six months in advance.
People holding tickets affected by the cancellation won't get an automatic rain check, according to an e-mail sent by the White House on Tuesday.
‘Unfortunately, we will not be able to reschedule affected tours,’ the message was quoted by the New York Daily News as saying.
The tours are being cancelled because the White House took a USD 1 million hit to its budget, under the spending cuts.
US President Barack Obama's administration announced on Tuesday that all public tours of the White House will be cancelled after Friday because of budget cuts hitting all areas of the federal government. The cancellation likely will disappoint thousands of tourists who had planned to take a tour while visiting Washington.
Tickets for the free, self-guided tours are distributed through congressional offices. The tickets normally are scooped up between three weeks and six months in advance.
People holding tickets affected by the cancellation won't get an automatic rain check, according to an e-mail sent by the White House on Tuesday.
‘Unfortunately, we will not be able to reschedule affected tours,’ the message was quoted by the New York Daily News as saying.
The tours are being cancelled because the White House took a USD 1 million hit to its budget, under the spending cuts.
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