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Pelosi Milked the Treasury For Over $2.1 Million Through Her Use of Military Planes Here's a way to save a little of the Taxpayer money, let members of Congress travel via consumer airlines ... coach. Earlier this week CBS broke the story that the congressional junket (21 people) to the UN Climate change conference in Copenhagen milked the federal treasury of over 1.1 million dollars, including: * The per-person food and lodging tab, excluding airfare, for 15 Democratic and 6 Republican Congressmen cost $4,406 each, according to the CBS report. * Congress spent more than $400,000 on hotel rooms, meeting...

Note: The following text is a quote: International Arms Dealer Arrested for Conspiracy to Supply U.S. Fighter Jet Engines to Iran Jacques Monsieur, a Belgian national and resident of France suspected of international arms dealing for decades, has been arrested on charges alleging that he conspired to illegally export F-5 fighter jet engines and parts from the United States to Iran. Monsieur is scheduled to have his arraignment today in federal court in Mobile, Alabama. A six-count indictment returned on Aug. 27, 2009, in the Southern District of Alabama charging Monsieur, 56, and co-defendant Dara Fotouhi, aka Dara Fatouhi, 54,...

FARNBOROUGH, England, July 19 (Reuters) - Boeing Co. (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday Denmark had signed a letter of intent to join a team of NATO nations joining together to share a pool of the U.S. planemaker's C-17 transport jets. Denmark is the first NATO member to publicly commit to the plan, which would involve purchasing an unspecified number of C-17s -- worth about $220 million each -- from Boeing. Boeing said other NATO nations were close to signing similar agreements to join the initiative, but did not identify which. The long-haul C-17 is designed to carry large...

Rough translation from Der Spiegel Hardcopy: PA400 military transport will not be able to fly as far as previously planned. The transporter, due to first fly in 2008 will be heavier than expected. The maximum take-off weight will be increased by 6.5 tons to 136.5 tons. The empty weight will also be higher than the previously planned 63.5 tons. This means the maximum range while empty is only 8300 km vs previously planned 9520 km.

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HoustonChronicle.com -- http://www.HoustonChronicle.com | Section: National Aug. 15, 2002, 8:07PM Air Force orders 60 more Boeing transport aircraft By JIM WOLF Reuters News Service WASHINGTON -- Boeing Co. has received a $9.7 billion, five-year contract for 60 more C-17 Globemaster 3 long-range transport aircraft capable of landing on small, dirt airstrips, the Air Force said Thursday. Since its first flight on Sept. 15, 1991, 89 C-17s have been delivered to the Air Force, which used them most recently in Afghanistan for ferrying troops and equipment to forward bases and for humanitarian drops of food and relief supplies. Air Force officials have stated...