President Obama Barack and "The Beast"

US President Barack Obama has a new ride-a limousine custome-built to withstand rocket and chemical attacks. Dubbed " Cadillac One', but affectionately known as the Obamamobile, and also called the 'the Beast', the limousine made by General Motors will travel with the President wherever he goes. It is packed with electronic communications systems to allow Mr. Obama to keep in contact with the outside world. For some easy listening, he also has a remote-controlled 10-CD changer on which he can play his favourite artists like Stevie Wonder and Bob Dylan.

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It's official call sign is Cadillac One, but it will always be known as the Obamobile.
This is the top - security armoured limousine which has been custom built to be Barack Obama's presidential car.
It will travel with him wherever in the world he goes.
The President- elect, pictured inset, will have his first ride in the stretch limo when he parades along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington after his inauguration on January 20.
But his Secret Service agents have already been familiarising themselves with the machine they call 'The Beast', built by General Motors in Detroit and based on a Cadillac chassis.
The company refuses to give precise details of how it will perform its primary purpose - protecting the president.
But bulletproof glass and armourplatingare standard throughout and the car is hermetically-sealed to withstand chemical weapons.
As with previous presidential limos it is packed with electronic communication systems to allow Mr Obama to keep in contact with the outside world.
One personal touch will be the remote-controlled ten-CD changer on which he can play his favourite artists, said to include Stevie Wonder and Bob Dylan.
Despite the protection afforded by Cadillac One, the Secret Service will be taking no chances when Mr Obama is sworn in as the 44th president.
A three-mile security perimeter will be thrown around the U.S. capital, with no vehicles allowed inside, to prevent a car bomb attack.
The expected two million visitors have been told to be in place at least three hours before the swearingin ceremony begins.
In his first major speech since his election triumph, Mr Obama warned last night that the U.S. could be mired in recession for years if his plan for a £515billion rescue package is delayed too long.
He had been hoping to sign it into law on his first day, but it has been the subject of prolonged wrangling in Congress.

Source: Today newspaper World 13 Wednesday January 28,2009.
The Daily Mail.
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