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Title: Boehner Signs Up Staffer for Etiquette Class ($5,800)
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Roll Call
URL Source: http://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_93/-203962-1.html?zkPrintable=true
Published: Mar 9, 2011
Author: Roll Call
Post Date: 2011-03-09 12:39:57 by go65
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Views: 886
Comments: 1
John Boehner famously grew up mopping the floors of his father’s bar, so presumably he knows little about hobnobbing with foreign royalty, one of his duties as Speaker. So in December, the Ohio Republican’s office spent $5,800 to register a staff member for a protocol class to learn the niceties of exchanging gifts, arranging seating plans and organizing large events with visiting dignitaries. The class is run by an accredited private academy, the Protocol School of Washington. The five-day training to take place in May — Boehner’s office saved $500 on the tuition by registering ahead of time — covers topics such as dining skills, titles and forms of address, gifts, and flags and logos, according to an agenda posted on the school’s website. ----------- The school also teaches a course that focuses more heavily on international protocol — that class will meet the first week of May in Dubai — and a corporate etiquette course that deals with things like personal greetings and dining. Boehner’s staff will be attending the less-ritzy course at the Ritz- Carlton in McLean, Va.
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The pubies are playing catch-up in the bowing game.
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