CBS News-Even In Spain, Haters Try and Rain On 1st Lady's Parade

First Lady Michelle Obama: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images

 

(Story reported by Sharyl Attkisson)

(CBS)  When Michelle Obama visited the Gulf coast, she reminded us that many beaches were still open and suggested it was a good place to vacation. Right now, she's vacationing in Spain and taking some flak for it back home. 

t's not the quiet mother-daughter trip the first lady would have been able to take as a private figure, CBS News Investigative Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reports.

Last night, Obama and daughter Sasha dined with friends in Marbella, Spain. That was after a shopping trip.

Earlier, a 15-vehicle convoy shuttled the entourage - an undisclosed number of staff, Secret Service agents and friends - to a posh hotel where rooms normally run from $300 to $6,000 a night. The first lady's group is said to occupy 60 rooms.

It's not unusual for a first lady to take a private trip abroad, and nobody expects her to stay in a cheap hotel, but with the U.S. economy in such dire straits critics argue the trip is simply in poor taste.   

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