▲ 28 ▼ Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million (www.nytimes.com) submitted 1 year ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz 3 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/29016798 Public documents show the Department of Homeland Security has contracted to purchase a pair of top-of-the-line Gulfstream jets for the secretary and other top officials.
[+] U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Penguin_1024@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) I would expect the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to fly on a government jet staffed by the military. Apparently waiting a few hours for one of those jets to be available and interacting with normal military people is too much for her to handle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago A successful head of homeland security wouldn't need special security while travelling within the homeland. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Penguin_1024@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) I would expect the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to fly on a government jet staffed by the military. Apparently waiting a few hours for one of those jets to be available and interacting with normal military people is too much for her to handle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago A successful head of homeland security wouldn't need special security while travelling within the homeland. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago A successful head of homeland security wouldn't need special security while travelling within the homeland. permalink fedilink source parent