U.S., World: India trip: Obama chooses Mumbai hotel attacked by terrorists
- We visit here to send a very clear message that, in our determination to give our people a future of security and prosperity, the United States and India stand united.
- President Barack Obama • Explaining why he chose to stay in, of all places, a Mumbai hotel that was infamously attacked back in 2008. Around 30 staff members and guests at the Taj were killed in November 2008, out of 164 overall deaths. Beyond commemorating the memories of those killed in the terrorist attack, dude’s working out some deals on his tour of India, including a $4.1 billion agreement to buy military transport planes from Boeing which would support 22,000 jobs. source