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Pelosi Made Repeated Requests for Military Aircraft, Documents Show
Representatives for Judicial Watch, which obtained e-mails and other documents showing the requests, say House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has treated the Air Force as her "personal airline."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has repeatedly requested military aircraft to shuttle her and her colleagues and family around the country, according to a new report from a conservative watchdog group.

Representatives for Judicial Watch, which obtained e-mails and other documents from a Freedom of Information request, said the correspondence shows Pelosi has abused the system in place to accommodate congressional leaders and treated the Air Force as her "personal airline."

The e-mails showed repeated attempts by Pelosi aides to request aircraft, sometimes aggressively, and by Department of Defense officials to accommodate them.

"I think that's above and beyond what other members of Congress are doing and what is expected of our elected officials," said Jenny Small, a researcher with the group.

The group reported that Pelosi was notorious for making special demands for high-end aircraft, lodging last-minute cancellations, and racking up additional expenses for the military.

In one e-mail, aide Kay King complained to the military that they had not made available any aircraft the House speaker wanted for Memorial Day recess.

"It is my understanding there are NO G5s available for the House during the Memorial Day recess. This is totally unacceptable ... The Speaker will want to know where the planes are," King wrote.

In another, when told a certain type of aircraft would not be available, King wrote: "This is not good news, and we will have some very disappointed folks, as well as a very upset Speaker."
Pelosi's office has not yet responded to requests for comment.

Click here to read the full report from Judicial Watch.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03 ... -aircraft/

all staff and elected morons in a bad economy must be made to use regular airlines.
at a cost of 50K per flight for pelosi. this is totally unacceptable

I wonder if previous Spearkers of the House had access to on-call militray aircraft to fly them anywhere in the world ? Somehow, I doubt it. Even if they did, I would bet they didn't throw a TIZZY FIT in the event they could not be accomodated with the top of the line aircraft. The sense of entitlement from this thief is alarming!

Has pelosi ever heard of American Airlines?? I hear they have a first class section on most of their flights so she will not have to mingle with the common folk! This should be no problem for a multi-millionare like pelosi.

The DoD should buy a couple of used Greyhound buses to accommodate these jerks, or happily spring for train tickets. The high-priced jets she requests are probably training our military or off in some combat theater, which is a bit more important than providing her and her coterie a free ride home and bringing them back a day or two later.
What law says that taxpayers have to provide this kind of vacation travel. Can you imagine any congressional leader in the last century demanding a gilded carriage and six of the finest horses to take them back and forth from Congress? Since she hasn't noticed we are at war or in the middle of a deep recession, all paid for by the American taxpayers (including her prescious constituents), were she a real leader, she would dam well walk!

Let this old wench and her miser family fly in the cargo section of a C-5!!!