Apr 20, 2009 ... The U.S. has nothing to fear from Venezuela, a large supplier of crude oil to the  country, Obama said. "Its defense budget is probably 1/600th of the U.S.," he said . "They own [the oil company] Citgo. It's unlikely that as a consequence of me  shaking hands or having a polite conversation with Mr. Chavez that ...
Apr 20, 2009 ... After all, isn't the purpose of these Summits to allow these heads of states to mix  and mingle? As President Obama said, “Venezuela is a country whose defense  budget is probably 1/600th of the United States. They own CITGO. It's unlikely  that as a consequence of me shaking hands or having a polite ...
Dec 10, 2013 ... Responding to critics, the White House said the U.S. could afford to extend the  diplomatic courtesy of a handshake to the leader of Venezuela. “Its defense  budget is probably 1/600th of the U.S.,” Obama said, according to the Los  Angeles Times. “It's unlikely that as a consequence of me shaking hands or ...
Apr 23, 2009 ... He takes comfort in thinking that Venezuela has a defense budget that "is  probably 1/600th" of America's -- it's actually 1/215th -- but that hasn't kept Mr.  Ch&aacute;vez from supporting narcoterrorists waging war on Colombia (a key  U.S. ally) or giving petrodollars to anti-American regimes. Venezuela isn't ...
May 13, 2009 ... Following the recently concluded Summit of the Americas held April 17-19, in  Trinidad and Tobago, President Barack Obama claimed that the U.S. defense  budget was 600 times greater than that of Venezuela. While it is true that, in  conventional warfare, a Venezuelan victory over this country is totally ...
Venezuela is a country whose defense budget is probably 1/600th of the United States.