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Taxpayers are not just paying for Pelosi’s expensive booze and food, they’re paying for the military to play taxi with her kids and grand kids, too. “Pelosi One” seats 200 and can fly nonstop from Washington to San Francisco. Doug Ross reported on the latest t*rd to float to the surface in the Pelosi swamp. Apparently, the Speaker has been using the US military to taxi her kids and grand kids across the country without any US Representatives even on board. The cost of each flight is up to $18,000 per hour. Using Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, Judicial...

The $410 billion spending bill goes to Pres. Obama to sign despite millions of dollars in pork. Another challenger goes after embattled Sen. Specter's seat. And is Speaker Pelosi using the Air Force as her personal airline? http://video.newsmax.com/?assetId=V3649827&s=al&promo_code=7BF5-1

The following are a few highlights from the documents, which are linked in full below: * In response to a series of requests for military aircraft, one Defense Department official wrote, “Any chance of politely querying [Pelosi's team] if they really intend to do all of these or are they just picking every weekend?…[T]here’s no need to block every weekend ‘just in case’…” The email also notes that Pelosi’s office had, “a history of canceling many of their past requests.” * One DOD official complained about the “hidden costs” associated with the speaker’s last minute changes and cancellations. “We have…folks...

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has gone from frequent flier to jet-aircraft connoisseur, with aides berating military officials to get the best planes, e-mails revealed yesterday Pelosi, who clashed with the military to get nonstop service when she flies home to California with police protection on government planes, revealed a particular fondness for Gulfstream's sleek G-5 - a plane glamorized in Hollywood films and rap videos. "It is my understanding there are no G-5s available for the House during the Memorial Day recess. This is totally unacceptable . . . The speaker will want to know where the planes...

<p>The way Speaker Nancy Pelosi will travel home to San Francisco and on official business is the latest tempest to hit the House of Representatives.</p> <p>But Putnam said Pelosi's bid for a bigger plane, which he dubbed "Air Force Three,'' shows "an arrogance of office that just defies common sense'' and constitutes a major deviation from the previous speaker's perks. He argued that Pelosi should settle for a smaller plane even if it means having to stop for refueling while traveling to and from California.</p>