At his rural economic forum in Iowa exhorted the need to boost the manufacturing and export of U.S. cars and trucks to create jobs.
"We've got folks in America driving Kias and Hyundais. I want to see folk
in Korea driving Fordsdrawingapplause.
"I want to sell goods all over the world that are stamped with three words made in america
But it turns out the president's newcomes stamped with a brand that's located someplace else
The $1.1 million jet-black rumbling bus that has been carrying Obama through the Midwest this week was designed in part by Prevost, a motor coach manufacturer based in Quebec. The New York Post was first to this, and Provost officials confirmed this fact
We just build an empty shell of a bus, and then sell them to a converter for outfitting," Prevost's Steve ZeiglerSecret Serviceit purchased the vehicle fromHemphill Brothers Coachwhich is basedTenn.
which declined to discuss the presidential bus or its business generally, assembles custom motor coaches and customizes the interiors before selling the finished product directly to individuals, businesses or the government. "We just make the shell. We don't know anything about the end user,"
Several industry sources speculated that Hemphill may have installed an American-made engine, such as a Detroit Diesel, in the presidential bus, though that could not be immediately confirmed.
Secret Service
the agency based its purchase on bus design, looking for the coach with the most available space to accommodate state-of-the-art custom security modifications.
The service acquired two of the new campaign-style buses last year as additions to the government's protective fleet. Could the government have purchased a bus that was made entirely, or almost entirely, in America? In theory, yes.
headquartered coach manufacturer, Motor Coach Industries, based in Schamburg, Ill., also builds the country's only "buy American compliant" coach, the majority of whose parts are made hereIt's unclear whether the Secret Service considered this option.
"We've got folks in America driving Kias and Hyundais. I want to see folk
in Korea driving Fordsdrawingapplause.
"I want to sell goods all over the world that are stamped with three words made in america
But it turns out the president's newcomes stamped with a brand that's located someplace else
The $1.1 million jet-black rumbling bus that has been carrying Obama through the Midwest this week was designed in part by Prevost, a motor coach manufacturer based in Quebec. The New York Post was first to this, and Provost officials confirmed this fact
We just build an empty shell of a bus, and then sell them to a converter for outfitting," Prevost's Steve ZeiglerSecret Serviceit purchased the vehicle fromHemphill Brothers Coachwhich is basedTenn.
which declined to discuss the presidential bus or its business generally, assembles custom motor coaches and customizes the interiors before selling the finished product directly to individuals, businesses or the government. "We just make the shell. We don't know anything about the end user,"
Several industry sources speculated that Hemphill may have installed an American-made engine, such as a Detroit Diesel, in the presidential bus, though that could not be immediately confirmed.
Secret Service
the agency based its purchase on bus design, looking for the coach with the most available space to accommodate state-of-the-art custom security modifications.
The service acquired two of the new campaign-style buses last year as additions to the government's protective fleet. Could the government have purchased a bus that was made entirely, or almost entirely, in America? In theory, yes.
headquartered coach manufacturer, Motor Coach Industries, based in Schamburg, Ill., also builds the country's only "buy American compliant" coach, the majority of whose parts are made hereIt's unclear whether the Secret Service considered this option.
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