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August 10, 2009

Using the Troops as an Excuse

We posted over at the Draft Diggs website about Betsy Markey's vote for some new private jets for Congress.

The new luxury jets are "conveniently" padded onto a defense appropriations bill.  The destination for the original jet?  The Africa Command.

Posted by Andrew Boucher on August 10, 2009 at 11:57 AM | Permalink