First Lady Michelle Obama brought a $5,000 videographer with her when she traveled to Qatar last week.
Mrs. Obama went to Doha, Qatar, and Amman, Jordan, for her education initiative "Let Girls Learn." While in Qatar, Mrs. Obama stayed at the St. Regis Hotel in Doha to attend the country’s World Innovation Summit for Education.
A contract for "FLOTUS Videographer for PD and Press" totaling $4,945 was signed Nov. 3 ahead of the first lady’s visit.
Mrs. Obama gave remarks at the summit, which was sponsored by the Qatar Foundation, a radical group that recently hosted a cleric at its mosque who said, "Jews and their helpers must be destroyed."
Other costs associated with the trip include $3,846 to rent a "passenger van without driver," $4,120 to rent a mini van for the White House Military office, and $4,161 to rent sedans for the first lady’s staff.
Hotel rooms at the Radisson Blu for security team members cost $16,204. The government also spent $4,257 on a copy machine for Mrs. Obama’s visit.