idea that was first introduced by the bush administration in 200. the state department says the move would not only improve security, it would also save us more than $1 million a year. and in part because the new location would be a bit closer to the actual vatican nan the old embassy, the vatican liked the idea, too. but when you put something apolitical, bipartisan, noncontroversial and fiscally conservative like that into the conservative media machine, it naturally comes out as satanic volcano sacrifice to the atheistic idols of communism or whatever. the story was a fantasy from the start. it was easily debunked with about 20 seconds of googling as long as you were willing to read google search results from outside the conservative media. it was a completely made-up fake scandal. and now it s in the budget. what? republicans have put their collectively ill informed foot down now and they have banned the embassy move from happening. seriously. tucked into the $1.1 trillion spendi
as the seat of the pope delivering mass, the vatican has relationships with every country and serves as the listening post for countries are no diplomats. the new location up top is a 10th of a miler closer to the vatican. and at screen left, the old embassy has no buffer from the screen. on the right, the walled off com pound will host the mission to the vatican, italy, and rome. there is no reduction in staffing the state is adding. for members of the roman