-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a prelude to war! Mrs. Clinton Criticized for Jet Use By Shannon McCaffrey Associated Press Writer Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000; 4:36 p.m. EST WASHINGTON –– Hillary Rodham Clinton's air travel came under fire again Wednesday from a congressman who said the first lady took a jet he had reserved for a Latin American fact-finding trip. Rep. Cass Ballenger, R-N.C., said Mrs. Clinton used a 14-seat Air Force Gulfstream jet to fly last week from Washington to campaign appearances in New York City and Buffalo. Ballenger's bipartisan delegation, which had reserved the jet in December, was forced to use two smaller Air Force planes to fly to Latin America, costing taxpayers thousands of dollars in extra costs, he said. "It tees me off that here we were on legitimate United States business important to the country ... and yet she gets the plane for her own political purposes," Ballenger said. "It doesn't seem fair to me." Howard Wolfson, spokesman for Mrs. Clinton's New York Senate campaign, said Ballenger's information was wrong, but he could not elaborate because he is restricted from discussing issues affecting the first lady's security. On the advice of the Secret Service, Mrs. Clinton's campaign uses government jets. The campaign of Mrs. Clinton's likely Republican rival, New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, wasted no time attacking the travel, calling on Mrs. Clinton to reimburse taxpayers for the extra costs for the Latin American trip. "The extraordinary and unethical expenditures borne by the taxpayers were incurred because Mrs. Clinton insists on running for the Senate in a state where she has never lived, worked or paid taxes," Giuliani campaign spokeswoman Kim Serafin said. Ballenger's delegation traveled to flood-ravaged Venezuela to discuss disaster aid, and to Colombia, Mexico and Guatemala to talk about drug-interdiction efforts. Ballenger's wife also joined the group on the trip. The congressman said his wife traveled with them because of her fluency in Spanish and prior volunteer work in the region. © Copyright 2000 The Associated Press **COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
