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« on: September 14, 2017, 01:07:27 PM »

Secretary Steven Mnuchin requested use of a government jet to take him and his wife on their honeymoon in Scotland, France and Italy earlier this summer, sparking an “inquiry” by the Treasury Department's Office of Inspector General, sources tell ABC News. Officials familiar with the matter say the highly unusual ask for a U.S. Air Force jet, which according to an Air Force spokesman could cost roughly $25,000 per hour to operate, was put in writing by the secretary's office but eventually deemed unnecessary after further consideration of by Treasury Department officials.

Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, said in an interview with ABC News that Mnuchin's request for a government jet on his honeymoon defies common sense. "You don't need a giant rulebook of government requirements to just say yourself, 'This is common sense, it's wrong,'" Wyden said. "That's just slap your forehead stuff."

“The Secretary is a member of the National Security Council and has responsibility for the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence," the spokesman said in a statement. "It is imperative that he have access to secure communications, and it is our practice to consider a wide range of options to ensure he has these capabilities during his travel, including the possible use of military aircraft."

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/treasury-secretary-mnuchin-requested-government-jet-european-honeymoon/story?id=49777076

Poor Mnuchin. Would not be able to be a taxpayer military aircraft for his European honeymoon.
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« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2017, 01:09:49 PM »

And Harris had the chance to prosecute him....smh.
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« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2017, 01:14:10 PM »

Let's stay on topic. He must be out of his mind to even ask for this.
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« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2017, 01:33:18 PM »

Isn't this guy worth hundreds of millions of dollars? Is he really that cheap?
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« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2017, 01:40:55 PM »

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Poor guy has an expensive wife. Or maybe it is the dream of his wife to use a military aircraft for her honeymoon. Some people have weird cravings !
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« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2017, 01:42:53 PM »

This is the Warren Harding administration all over again.
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« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2017, 03:29:24 PM »

I don't understand the outrage. We should take care of government employees.
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« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2017, 03:39:34 PM »

I don't understand the outrage. We should take care of government employees.

Employees don't get such luxuries let alone appointees.
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« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2017, 08:50:26 PM »

This is the Warren Harding administration all over again.

The Trump administration is going to make the Harding administration look like saints by the end of it.
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« Reply #9 on: September 14, 2017, 10:48:21 PM »

And Harris had the chance to prosecute him....smh.

Well, I guess he must think that rules don't apply to him since she let him off the hook.
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« Reply #10 on: September 14, 2017, 11:58:32 PM »

Mnuchin really creeps the hell out of me. He probably is one of the more competent people in Trump's cabinet and it's completely ungrounded but his face is creepy (and the look his wife gave at the wedding night...). If there was a place like in the Hostel movies I can imagine Mnuchin going there lol (thank I didn't say this about Hillary or Rubio because otherwise I would have spawned #Hostelgate by now).
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« Reply #11 on: September 17, 2017, 04:30:26 PM »

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Poor guy has an expensive wife. Or maybe it is the dream of his wife to use a military aircraft for her honeymoon. Some people have weird cravings !

Money but no class.
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« Reply #12 on: September 17, 2017, 04:55:04 PM »

This is the Warren Harding administration all over again.

Not just Harding. It's a mix of all the worst parts of Harding, Buchanan, later Wilson, Nixon, and Jackson. Probably with Hoover and one or two more thrown in before we're done.
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« Reply #13 on: September 17, 2017, 05:49:24 PM »

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Poor guy has an expensive wife. Or maybe it is the dream of his wife to use a military aircraft for her honeymoon. Some people have weird cravings !

Money but no class.

Truly bonded with Trump over trophy wives
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