So the order of magnitude between a Summer and Winter Olympics is huge.
So the order of magnitude between a Summer and Winter Olympics is huge.
The GAO found that for the upcoming 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, that bill to American taxpayers is estimated to be 1.3 billion dollars ... That's outrageous Mr. President and it's a disgrace.
There are a lot of positives. Americans loved the Winter Olympics last year, Canada was in Afghanistan and that got a lot of press here, the Canadian economy is good and that's impressive; there's simply an absence of negatives
We need to do this and to do this right to make sure they will remember when we will be a serious candidate to get the Winter Olympics
Why does Mitt Romney get so much credit for the success of the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics?
We don't want to taper down the expectations, but at the same time we know what we are heading into ... and the athletes are very aware that we are a winter nation and the objectives are different for the summer Olympics.
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