Air Pelosi
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The office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pressing the Bush administration for routine access to military aircraft for domestic flights, such as trips back to her San Francisco district, according to sources familiar with the discussions.
The sources, who include those in Congress and in the administration, said the Democrat is seeking regular military flights not only for herself and her staff, but also for relatives and for other members of the California delegation [emphasis mine]. A knowledgeable source called the request "carte blanche for an aircraft any time."
"They are pressing the point of her succession and that the [Department of Defense] needs to play ball with the speaker's needs," one source said. The request originally went to the Pentagon, which then asked the White House to weigh in.
One of the perks of being a venture socialist (thanks to James DeLong for this immensely descriptive and enjoyable epithet) is flying not only at taxpayers expense but using the military as servants. Guess the uniforms makes them think of bellhops or something. If they has just stayed in school and studied hard...