Posted on 01/31/2010 2:19:29 PM PST by Crush
The government watchdog group Judicial Watch obtained documents from the Air Force detailing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s use of US Air Force aircraft for Congressional Delegations (CODELs). According to the documents obtained by Judicial Watch through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Speaker’s military travel cost the United States Air Force $2,100,744.59 over a two-year period — $101,429.14 of which was for in-flight expenses, including food and alcohol.
The following are highlights from the recent release of about 2,000 documents related to Pelosi's travel:
•Speaker Pelosi used Air Force aircraft to travel back to her district at an average cost of $28,210.51 per flight. The average cost of an international CODEL is $228,563.33. Of the 103 Pelosi-led congressional delegations (CODEL), 31 trips included members of the House Speaker’s family.
•One CODEL traveling from Washington, DC, through Tel Aviv, Israel to Baghdad, Iraq May 15-20, 2008, “to discuss matters of mutual concern with government leaders” included members of Congress and their spouses and cost $17,931 per hour in aircraft alone. Purchases for the CODEL included: Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey Goose vodka, E&J brandy, Bailey’s Irish Crème, Maker’s Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Bacardi Light rum, Jim Beam whiskey, Beefeater gin, Dewars scotch, Bombay Sapphire gin, Jack Daniels whiskey, Corona beer and several bottles of wine.
•According to a “Memo for Record” from a March 29—April 7, 2007, CODEL that involved a stop in Israel, “CODEL could only bring Kosher items into the Hotel. Kosher alcohol for mixing beverages in the Delegation room was purchased on the local economy i.e. Bourbon, Whiskey, Scotch, Vodka, Gin, Triple Sec, Tequila, etc.”
•The Department of Defense advanced a CODEL of 56 members of Congress and staff $60,000 to travel to Louisiana and Mississippi July 19-22, 2008, to “view flood relief advances from...
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That’s a heavy carbon footprint -
Has this info made it to Fox, to Hannity, to OR, to Rush, to Mark, to Malkin, to Coulter, to Horowitz, to Heritage, to every Republican office holder and candidate in this country yet?
It’s a good life when you’re in the Politburo.
The booze-laden May 15-20, 2008 trip? Obviously Ted Kennedy.
Thank you Judicial Watch for releasing this information. I’m sure her highness didn’t think that her tax payer funded trips to everywhere would be made public. I sure hope that the person who is running against her uses this information in a campaign ad!
Can harldy wait for the Sixty Minutes expose on this.
Not.
Let her party on her own damned dime. What right does she have to pile her friends and relatives on a plane like she did? She should be removed from office.
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Someone needs to tell Queen Pelosi that this is our money.
Some of those you mention spent '01-'09 hating and ignoring Judicial Watch because JW are equal opportunity gadflies who go after Republicans as well. Judicial Watch is a good litmus test to find out if someone is a conservative, or just a party hack.
This administration is full of arrogant, elite wanna-be royals who party on the backs of the heavily burdened American taxpayer. I love my country and hate my government.
Air Force Tanker, converted to Vodka delivery into special Kennedy aircraft. Upper rear fuselage large screen for porn and extra "Ted Kennedy" waste holding belly tank.
Extra dorsal fins for stability when Senator Whale moves about aircraft disturbing aircraft CG.
( anyone know what that aircraft is about? My guess, surveillance/radar )
She knows.
Lest Freeperdom think that all government hacks live the high life at the taxpayers’ expense, I spent a lot of flying time in C-130s in/out of Vietnam (and Hueys in-country) back in the day, in C-141s over South America and my last trip to Panama for Operation Just Cause in a C-130. For a while in the 1980s traveling in the middle east and Africa, I was authorized business class for trips of longer than 14 hours. Nobody ever bought me any Jack Daniel’s.
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