The White House tours are being run by unpaid volunteers. Most of the tours utilize the pre-recorded messages, at the various stations, and you put on headphones to listen.
The tour guides just lead you around, from station to station.
In the face of a public outcry, President Obama opened the door in an interview broadcast Wednesday to resuming White House tours — after they were suspended in a decision purportedly meant to save the Secret Service money while it deals with sequester cuts.
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Obama, speaking with ABC News, tried to distance himself from the decision, pinning it on the Secret Service — though other accounts have indicated both the Secret Service and White House had a role in the move.
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Throws the Secret Service under the bus while Moochelle preps for another multi-million $ spring break getaway in less than 2 weeks.