Question about the olympics.

[trof]

Has the U.S. president always attended opening ceremonies?
Do other heads of state do so?
Or do they send some lower level official like sec. of state or whatever?

Miz t. just asked and I don't remember.

Thanks.
trof

[trof]

1. Aw c'mon. SOMEBODY?

[trof]

5. OK. There ya go. I think he's going because...

HE WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET OUT OF THE U.S.A. UNTIL THE END OF HIS TERM.
He knows he's hated here.

"Hey, Condi. Just keep findin' me foreign 'missions' I can do till it's over."
:eyes:

[YDogg]

2. echo

[NoPasaran]

3. I don't recall the US Presidnet ever attending the Olympic ceremonies

Nor sending any other government official

[Cerridwen]

4. Got this small bit from wiki

Despite the Games having been awarded to a particular city and not to the country in general, the Opener is usually – but not always – the host country's Head of State. There have been many cases where someone other than the host country's Head of State opened the Games. The first example was at the Games of the II Olympiad in Paris in 1900, when there wasn't even an Opening Ceremony. There are five examples from the United States alone where the Games were not opened by the Head of State.<43>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games#Modern_Olympics

I'll let you know if I find more.