President Obama's visit by the numbers

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Wisconsin State Journal staff | Posted: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 6:15 pm | Loading…

Number of vehicles in the presidential motorcade from the airport: 26

Length of speech in minutes: 31

Number of students who met privately with Obama: 40

Number of years since the last visit to Madison by a sitting president: 59

Total number of minutes in Madison: 163

Estimated number of local law enforcement assisting in security: 250

Estimated number of protesters/supporters: 200

Estimated number of people at speech: 650

Posted in Local, Obama on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 6:15 pm Updated: 6:19 pm.

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