Posted on 01/27/2011 11:59:39 AM PST by La Lydia
Because that’s what the United State Air Force is there for…no, wait?…Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained new documents from the US Air Force detailing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s use of US Air Force aircraft in 2010. According to the documents, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Pelosi used Air Force aircraft for 43 flights from January 1 to October 1, 2010. According to documents previously uncovered...Nancy Pelosi logged 47 flights in the prior nine-month period, April 1, 2009, to January 1, 2010.
The most recent documents...include a Passenger Mission Activity chart detailing all of former Speaker Pelosi’s flights January 1 to October 1, 2010, as well as detailed shopping lists for some flights, flight authorization forms, Mission Expense Records and internal Air Force correspondence related to the flights. Among the highlights from the documents, obtained pursuant to a FOIA request filed on September 10, 2010:
Pelosi used the Air Force aircraft for a total of 43 trips, covering 90,155 miles, from January 1 through October 1, 2010. The Air Force documented in-flight expenses for 22 of these flights totaling $1,821.33. The Air Force did not provide expense information for the remaining 21 flights.
Former Speaker Pelosi received chocolate covered strawberries as a birthday surprise on a March 26, 2010 flight. According to one internal Air Force email sent on March 25, 2010: “The speaker’s office is requesting egg salad sandwiches on wheat toast with fruit (watermelon, etc) for desert [sic]. It’s the speaker’s B-Day tomorrow so we’re also asking for something like chocolate covered strawberries (dark chocolate preferred)…” The immediate response to the email from another member of the Air Force staff: “Copy all. We’ll plan something for the birthday and take care of the meal.”
According to previous documents uncovered by Judicial Watch, the former Speaker’s military travel cost the United States Air Force $2,100,744.59 over one two-year period — $101,429.14 of which was for in-flight expenses, including food and alcohol. For example, purchases for one Pelosi-led congressional delegation traveling from Washington, DC, through Tel Aviv, Israel to Baghdad, Iraq May 15-20, 2008, included: Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey Goose vodka, E&J brandy, Baileys Irish Cream, Maker’s Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Bacardi Light rum, Jim Beam whiskey, Beefeater gin, Dewar’s scotch, Bombay Sapphire gin, Jack Daniel’s whiskey, Corona beer and several bottles of wine....
...and I want them NOW!
I pity these aircrews...
Colonel, USAFR
HEadline is misleading. She got the strawberries as a birthday treat. Big deal. I thought it was saying they sent an air force jet somewhere to pick some up for her. The Red Queen’s Off With Their Heads.
Low class woman.
Wow. What a waste
She hates the military and thinks it’s just fine to use highly trained military personnel for trivial things.
She is a liberal elite and thinks that laws and rules are for everyone else.
Exactly what law allows her to use military aircraft?
Did you have a problem with the large quantities of alcohol that the Air Force bought for her trip overseas???
100 mill doesn’t count the cost of her private jet fleet and maintenance....those rascals are big coin...a G5 costs 50 mill outfitted before the first sip of fuel...I sure hope the taxpayers got a good return on their investment for flying this clueless hag around....
And WHY was this FOIA request not made BEFORE the election?
WHY are we getting this in JANUARY?
100 mill doesn’t count the cost of her private jet fleet and maintenance....those rascals are big coin...a G5 costs 50 mill outfitted before the first sip of fuel...I sure hope the taxpayers got a good return on their investment for flying this clueless hag around....
She could have called Rush Berries and had them delivered for under $30 bucks. But of course, she would have had to be smart enough to listen to Rush to hear the add and I don’t see that ever happening.
Well at least we know that Ms. Pelousy isn’t a muslim.
How truly “regal” of the trollop.
Requested? Does anyone really believe it was a request?
If Palin had ever done anything like this, it would lead the network news for days.
Dewar’s Scotch and egg salad sandwiches on wheat toast with fruit.... They should have ordered good Scotch to go with all that farting.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.