mordant wit

While US President George W Bush was checking into the presidential suite at one of Delhi's top hotels, a group of canines belonging to his security detail were enjoying similar comfort nearby.

Some 17 dogs belonging the K-9 squad of the US Secret Service have also been put up at top Delhi five-star hotels, Indian media reports say.

Special rooms have apparently been booked in the Sheraton hotel, where Mr Bush is staying, and at the equally plush Le Meridien hotel.

The German Shepherds and Labradors are staying in rooms which cost more than $200 a night.

Early on Thursday, they were pressed to work as they sniffed their way through the marble memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, which President Bush visited later in the day.


A genuine use of taxpayer dollars. Just to show the Indians that their 5 star hotels are good for Bush's dogs. Or is it?