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>The trip is supposedly paid for with taxpayer dollars.
Assumption (yeah, I know)
They wanted to take the families to Venice. While families sightsee they can arrange other meetings off the books.
Look up Venice. What's nearby? Aviano AFB to land about an hour north. Vicenza where Africom is stationed about an hour west. Arrange a meeting with Africom for optics.
…and that's the name of that tune.