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Pelosi's monumental abuse of military aircraft privileges-- travel for children and grandchildren
American Thinker ^ | February 01, 2010 | Rick Moran

Posted on 02/01/2010 7:22:40 PM PST by Ooh-Ah

Doug Ross has been on this story and broke some news yesterday about the millions of dollars - that's right, millions - that Speaker Nancy Pelosi has rung up in travel using military aircraft.

Now we learn from Doug that it appears Pelosi is using military jets to facilitate the personal travel of her children and grandchildren. No member of congress involved, just the junketing of her kids:

Since Nancy Pelosi took over as Speaker in 2006, she's rung up millions in military travel expenses

Worse still, she also appears to have requisitioned entire flights for the personal use of her children and grandchildren. That is, unaccompanied by any member of Congress, her kids, in-laws and grandchildren are utilizing entire military passenger jets for their routine travel needs.

Using the documents obtained by Judicial Watch's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, I have discovered the following manifests and travel requests.

22-Feb-2007: A military jet is requisitioned for the sole travel needs of the Speaker's son, Paul Jr.

13-Apr-2007: A military jet is utilized for the unaccompanied travel of the Speaker's daughter, son-in-law and grandson.

30-Oct-2008: A military jet is requisitioned for the Speaker's daughter and a son-in-law, Peter Kaufman. to commute between San Francisco and Washington.

Military flights cost between $5-$20 thousand dollars per hour to operate. Pelosi only reimburses the government between $120-$400 per flight. You and I pick up the rest of the tab with our tax dollars.

It's all perfectly legal, of course - or is it? Even if it is, perhaps we should start asking why a politician's children and grandchildren should have their travel subsidized at taxpayer expense?

Update and Clarification:

I received an email from Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch whose FOIA request brought these documents to light.

He informed both Doug Ross and me that documents Judicial Watch received last year "seem to show that the Speaker was on most if not all of the flights in question."

That may be true. But as a commenter points out at Doug's site:

":Even if these were scheduled flights, the individuals are not dependents of the Speaker. While they may be her children, they are grown adults, and do not meet the eligibility requirements of DOD 4515.13-R. Her son and daughter should not be flying on military aircraft at all.

The idea that any of her adult children should be subsidized by the taxpayer for anything is ludicrous. Pelosi's husband owns real estate worth as much as $25 million:

The Pelosi family has a net worth of nearly $12.5 million as of 2008, largely from investments. In addition to their large portfolio of jointly owned San Francisco Bay Area real estate, the couple also owns a vineyard in St. Helena, California, valued between $5 million and $25 million. Pelosi's husband also owns stock, including $1 million in Apple Computer, and is the owner of the California Redwoods of the United Football League. Pelosi continues to be among the richest members of Congress.



TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: congress; governmentwaste; pelosi
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1 posted on 02/01/2010 7:22:42 PM PST by Ooh-Ah
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To: Ooh-Ah

The most ethical Congress in history.... eh, Nancy?


2 posted on 02/01/2010 7:24:57 PM PST by From The Deer Stand
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To: Ooh-Ah

She is stealing from us. She needs to go to jail or pay us back. Preferably both.


3 posted on 02/01/2010 7:25:27 PM PST by ryan71 (Let's Roll!)
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To: Ooh-Ah
Somehow I have the feeling a reporter would have gotten around to asking Denny Hastert about something like this a few days after the revelation.

Have I missed the press vigil at Madam Speakers office and home demanding answers?

4 posted on 02/01/2010 7:26:02 PM PST by Minn (Here is a realistic picture of the prophet: ----> ([: {()
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To: Ooh-Ah

WOW

Can you say ENTITLEMENT kiddies ???

Would that every American grandmother could do as much for her children and grandchildren...


6 posted on 02/01/2010 7:26:39 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: From The Deer Stand

I remember her saying that; a FR thread immediately followed. One of the freepers posted a remark on the thread that read “Why can’t I stop laughing?”

It was a perfect remark. Those people really believe in both themselves and the stupidity of their voters.


7 posted on 02/01/2010 7:27:26 PM PST by Loud Mime (Liberalism is a Socialist Disease)
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To: ryan71

Yup, theft. Plain and simple.


8 posted on 02/01/2010 7:28:13 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: Ooh-Ah

Talk about abusing your power. She should be tossed out of the speakership at the very least.


9 posted on 02/01/2010 7:28:18 PM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Ooh-Ah
But it didn't cost the taxpayers anything! Why? Because Obama blames Bush for his deficits. Obama has to do it. Pelosi family travel is stimulus. He brought us back from the brink with spending like this.

:)

10 posted on 02/01/2010 7:28:19 PM PST by sickoflibs ( "It's not the taxes, the redistribution is spending you demand stupid")
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To: Ooh-Ah

“It’s good to be queen.”


11 posted on 02/01/2010 7:29:02 PM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Ooh-Ah

Well in the interest of enhancing Accountability In Government (AIG), I suggest that her congressional district be billed for her ‘extra curricular’ representational expenses. This might lead to a better assessment of job performance come election time in November.


13 posted on 02/01/2010 7:32:39 PM PST by J Edgar
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Nancy had her friends in Alaska go after Sarah for having taken her children with her to various places at state cost ~ sometimes on her own airplane.

Hmm, do believe the old sow has been caught.

14 posted on 02/01/2010 7:32:40 PM PST by muawiyah ("Git Out The Way")
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To: Ooh-Ah

She’s a princess now. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men belong to her.


15 posted on 02/01/2010 7:33:29 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (If the CIA and NASA are going to "monitor climate change", why the hell do we need the EPA?)
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To: Ooh-Ah

Yeah, and contrast the treatment of Sarah Palin with use to a CAMPAIGN fund.


16 posted on 02/01/2010 7:35:17 PM PST by autumnraine (You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out!)
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To: Ooh-Ah

on the Pelousy family investments- one thing that was not included was the involvment/interest/investment in the Star Kist Tuna Processing Plant in American Samoa


17 posted on 02/01/2010 7:36:05 PM PST by MissDairyGoodnessVT (Free Nobel Peace Prize with oil change =^..^=)
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To: Ooh-Ah

And they have the nerve to complain about Palin’s clothes or flying her kids to one event in a small aircraft.


18 posted on 02/01/2010 7:37:21 PM PST by 999replies (Thune/Rubio 2012)
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To: Ooh-Ah

Takinf care of the children, and...taking care of the country.


19 posted on 02/01/2010 7:38:16 PM PST by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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To: 999replies

isn’t tyherre anyone who is going to arrest her shriveled-up ass?


20 posted on 02/01/2010 7:38:34 PM PST by hal ogen
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