Pelosi Wants Access to Military Flights ... for relatives and others

newsmax.com ^ | Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007 12:30 a.m. EST

[InvisibleChurch]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office is pressing the White House for routine access to military aircraft for not only herself and her staff, but for relatives and other members of the California delegation as well.

A knowledgeable Washington, D.C. source called the request "carte blanche for an aircraft any time."

Another source told the Washington Times: "They are pressing the point of her succession and that the [Department of Defense] needs to play ball with the speaker's needs.”

The request originally went to the Pentagon, which passed it along to the White House.

Pelosi's request for military aircraft access is not the first from a speaker, who is second in line in presidential succession.

The speaker gained regular access to military planes after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Rep. J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., who was speaker at the time, began using U.S. Air Force planes for travel to and from his district for security reasons. But a former aide told the Times that Hastert did not use military planes to regularly transport his family, and Pelosi's request goes beyond what Hastert received.

Pelosi has used military aircraft for at least one trip back to her San Francisco district.

U.S. Air Force travel for members of Congress is first-rate, according to the Times. The aircraft are staffed with stewards who serve meals and tend an open bar, and communications suites allow members to conduct business while traveling.

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[AmeriBrit]

The answer to bella pelosi should be just one word....NO!

The military families/dependants are not allowed to travel on military transport in the Continental U.S. so what makes her think she and her family members should be given that right. Only under dire emergencies such as another 9/11 should she alone be allowed but only as a means to get her to a secure area. [personally I'd prefer they just left her where she was, in harm's way].

If she and her family are given the O.K. there's going to be a lot of military very, very p***** off.

In the last month her ego has swelled so much if it wasn't for all the Botox plastic in her head, it would explode.

I detest this individual [and all the other RATs in her commie party], and would not shed one tear if one weekend when she was home, the San Andreas broke SF off and floated with her intact far out into the ocean, then sank.

[InvisibleChurch]

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