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Leon Panetta's (Sec of Def) many trips home

Started by kodiakisland, April 19, 2012, 09:44:07 pm

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kodiakisland

I hate posting anything close to being political here, but thought all military members should be aware of what their leaders are doing.  With all the cuts in spending that affect members and family, plus multiple deployments, TDYs, etc., it just makes me mad to see this.  Apparently the Sec of Defense thinks it's OK to use taxpayer dollars to fly home everyother weekend.  I would have thought living in DC would have been part of the job.

QuoteThe estimated cost for all of Panetta's trips is about $860,000, almost $20,000 more than the entire scandal-soaked, four-day, 2010 Las Vegas resort blowout held by the General Services Administration.



Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/19/leon-panetta-worth-price/?test=latestnews#ixzz1sXdTkK7Y
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And they have Army pilots sharing hotel rooms while flying cross-country and not authorize rental cars for transportation in order to save $300ish dollars.

Typical.
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Quote from: wocraig on April 20, 2012, 05:40:16 pm
And they have Army pilots sharing hotel rooms while flying cross-country and not authorize rental cars for transportation in order to save $300ish dollars.

Typical.
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Quote from: wocraig on April 20, 2012, 05:40:16 pm
And they have Army pilots sharing hotel rooms while flying cross-country and not authorize rental cars for transportation in order to save $300ish dollars.

Typical.

Exact same thing happening to us in the Air Force too.  "Share a hotel room..."  "Well don't worry about the hotel sharing, turns out we've got no money to let you go cross country anyway..." 

And of course, finally, "What do you mean you didn't get your training requirements met?! "  Of course, training sorties are all gone...
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