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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Anthony Bourdain and President Obama Had a $6 Dinner (and Beers) in Vietnam


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As part of President Obama"songoing Running Out of F*cks to Give tourwhich took him to Cuba in Marchthe commander in chief is presentlyin Vietnam, lifting a decades-long U.S. arms ban on the country and, in between big diplomatic moments, dining with Anthony Bourdain.

The president and theCNN travel-show host shared a mealand drank beers in Hanoi on Monday night. Theymet at this restaurant, according to Carol Lee, The Wall Street Journal"s Washington correspondent:

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Here"s the president arriving at the restaurant:

And here they are enjoying their meal and beers:

The price of the meal, according to Bourdain, was $6. And no, the American taxpayer didn"t foot the bill, Bourdain did (or, more likely, his CNN expense account).

Here"s the president leaving dinner after about an hour with Bourdain:

CNN said the dinner will appear in a futureepisode of Bourdain"s Parts Unknown.

Source: http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a45150/anthony-bourdain-obama-vietnam/

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