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Granholm chartered military jet to Ukraine as US struggled to evacuate Americans from Afghanistan
Fox News ^ | 08/28/2021 | Alana Goodman

Posted on 08/28/2021 12:37:58 PM PDT by DFG

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm earlier this week chartered a military jet to attend a diplomatic summit in Ukraine as the Pentagon struggled to evacuate Americans and allies from Afghanistan with limited time and operational resources, sources told the Washington Free Beacon.

Granholm's flight took place amid the United States' frantic effort to airlift tens of thousands of people from Afghanistan ahead of the Taliban's Aug. 31 deadline, and as the Department of Defense was forced to call in civilian airlines to bolster its strained evacuation fleet.

The secretary's use of a military jet — and particularly the flight's timing — may raise questions for the Biden White House, which is responsible for approving such flights. Trump administration officials faced allegations of wasteful spending for their use of expensive military charters for trips that did not have national security urgency.

Tom Price, who served as Health and Human Services secretary under former president Donald Trump, was forced to resign in 2017 amid revelations that he took numerous overseas military flights and other private air travel, running up a $500,000 travel tab. Trump's former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt resigned in 2018 amid multiple controversies, including questions over his use of military flights that cost the government over $58,000. Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was also scrutinized for taking military flights for unnecessary purposes.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; US: California; US: Michigan; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; airlift; california; granholm; nancypelosi; taliban; ukraine; waronterror

1 posted on 08/28/2021 12:37:59 PM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

Biden and Granhold bad.

BUT, Trump and cronies MUCH MUCH WORSE.


2 posted on 08/28/2021 12:40:48 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Criminal democrats kill babies. Do you think anything else is a problem for them?”)
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To: DFG

The “common” people stuck in Afghanistan aren’t as IMPORTANT as Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, don’t you know????


3 posted on 08/28/2021 12:41:22 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: DFG

Yeah but she’s a member of the party - so what’s the problem?


4 posted on 08/28/2021 12:42:05 PM PDT by AAABEST (NY/DC/LA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: DFG

ukrainian energy $$$$ must flow to Xiden, RomneyCARE, PeloXi,
and other politicians’ sons.


5 posted on 08/28/2021 12:42:51 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum)
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To: DFG

Was it a solar-powered plane? Or fueled by unicorn farts?


6 posted on 08/28/2021 12:49:05 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
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To: DFG

Has she beome the Bag Lady for Hunter?


7 posted on 08/28/2021 12:50:10 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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To: DFG

Yeah but she’s a member of the party - so what’s the problem?


8 posted on 08/28/2021 12:52:25 PM PDT by AAABEST (NY/DC/LA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: DFG

She is one of those that I immediately see always as a complete retard. She was always a failure but failure gets one places in politics.


9 posted on 08/28/2021 1:04:25 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: DFG
The elite do not give up their perks.
10 posted on 08/28/2021 1:33:16 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: DFG

I can’t believe her arrogance wow. Disgraceful. These people are “let them eat cake” on steroids.


11 posted on 08/28/2021 1:51:45 PM PDT by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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To: DFG

Does Nancy still have one and does she still spend $100,000 a year on liqueur ?


12 posted on 08/28/2021 2:47:40 PM PDT by butlerweave
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Not bad for a Canadian. She was born there. Same as Harono and Ted Lieu. Non Americans at birth who have entirely too much to say


13 posted on 08/28/2021 4:58:58 PM PDT by tenthirteen
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