MioMyo
2009-05-09 00:43:45 UTC
Who'd have guessed that the Liberal Media Whores would consider the matter
closed once a sacrificial Air Force officer fell on his sword for bamby.
Unlike with Bush, these media whore are all of a sudden no longer
inquisitive.....
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/08/air.force.one.flyover/
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama has accepted the resignation of Louis
Caldera, the director of the White House Military Office responsible for the
controversial low-altitude flyover of New York by a 747 plane used as Air
Force One, the White House said Friday.
The photo shoot, which President Obama said he was "furious" with, happened
on April 27. The image of a low-flying plane accompanied by an F-16 fighter
jet sent some New Yorkers into the streets and into a panic -- reminding
them of the tragic 9/11 attacks on the city.
Building evacuations also took place across the Hudson River in Jersey City,
New Jersey. Read more of Obama's reaction
Caldera later apologized for the flyover.
"I have concluded that the controversy surrounding the Presidential Airlift
Group's aerial photo shoot over New York City has made it impossible for me
to effectively lead the White House Military Office," Caldera said in a
letter to Obama.
"Moreover, it has become a distraction to the important work you are doing
as president. After much reflection, I believe it is incumbent on me to
tender my resignation and step down as director of the White House Military
Office."
The White House also released a photo of the flyover and a report on the
incident on Friday.
In the report, the White House said Caldera, who had been traveling with
President Obama when the flyover plans were initially discussed, did not
remember a conversation in which his deputy, George Mulligan, informed him
of the flyover.
Caldera did not open an e-mail about final plans for the flyover until after
it had happened, the report said, noting Caldera had been suffering from
severe muscle spasms and had left the officer early on several days.
Although recommendations by several parties involved in the flyover had been
made that White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and Deputy Chief of Staff
Jim Messina be informed of the plans, the report said, that job was left to
Caldera, who did not pass the information along.
The flyover, officials said, was a training mission -- it was also a
government-sanctioned photo shoot.
Military officials estimate the mission and the photo shoot, aimed at
updating file photos of Air Force One -- cost $328,835 in taxpayer money.
But they said "the hours would have been flown regardless, and the expenses
would have been accrued on a different mission."
Witnesses reported seeing the plane circle over the Upper New York Bay near
the Statue of Liberty before flying up the Hudson River. Watch the plane
fly over Manhattan »
A YouTube video showed people standing in a parking lot, watching the plane
approach. As it nears, they begin to run. "Run, run!" said one person. "Oh
my God," cried another.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg was visibly angry last week. "I'm annoyed -- furious
is a better word -- that I wasn't told," he said, adding that the decision
by the White House Military Office and Federal Aviation Administration to
withhold details about the flight were "ridiculous" and "poor judgment."
But according to Air Force Capt. Anna Carpenter, local law enforcement
agencies and the FAA had been notified of the exercise.
New York Police Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne confirmed that department
had been alerted about the flight "with directives to local authorities not
to disclose information about it."
closed once a sacrificial Air Force officer fell on his sword for bamby.
Unlike with Bush, these media whore are all of a sudden no longer
inquisitive.....
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/08/air.force.one.flyover/
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama has accepted the resignation of Louis
Caldera, the director of the White House Military Office responsible for the
controversial low-altitude flyover of New York by a 747 plane used as Air
Force One, the White House said Friday.
The photo shoot, which President Obama said he was "furious" with, happened
on April 27. The image of a low-flying plane accompanied by an F-16 fighter
jet sent some New Yorkers into the streets and into a panic -- reminding
them of the tragic 9/11 attacks on the city.
Building evacuations also took place across the Hudson River in Jersey City,
New Jersey. Read more of Obama's reaction
Caldera later apologized for the flyover.
"I have concluded that the controversy surrounding the Presidential Airlift
Group's aerial photo shoot over New York City has made it impossible for me
to effectively lead the White House Military Office," Caldera said in a
letter to Obama.
"Moreover, it has become a distraction to the important work you are doing
as president. After much reflection, I believe it is incumbent on me to
tender my resignation and step down as director of the White House Military
Office."
The White House also released a photo of the flyover and a report on the
incident on Friday.
In the report, the White House said Caldera, who had been traveling with
President Obama when the flyover plans were initially discussed, did not
remember a conversation in which his deputy, George Mulligan, informed him
of the flyover.
Caldera did not open an e-mail about final plans for the flyover until after
it had happened, the report said, noting Caldera had been suffering from
severe muscle spasms and had left the officer early on several days.
Although recommendations by several parties involved in the flyover had been
made that White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and Deputy Chief of Staff
Jim Messina be informed of the plans, the report said, that job was left to
Caldera, who did not pass the information along.
The flyover, officials said, was a training mission -- it was also a
government-sanctioned photo shoot.
Military officials estimate the mission and the photo shoot, aimed at
updating file photos of Air Force One -- cost $328,835 in taxpayer money.
But they said "the hours would have been flown regardless, and the expenses
would have been accrued on a different mission."
Witnesses reported seeing the plane circle over the Upper New York Bay near
the Statue of Liberty before flying up the Hudson River. Watch the plane
fly over Manhattan »
A YouTube video showed people standing in a parking lot, watching the plane
approach. As it nears, they begin to run. "Run, run!" said one person. "Oh
my God," cried another.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg was visibly angry last week. "I'm annoyed -- furious
is a better word -- that I wasn't told," he said, adding that the decision
by the White House Military Office and Federal Aviation Administration to
withhold details about the flight were "ridiculous" and "poor judgment."
But according to Air Force Capt. Anna Carpenter, local law enforcement
agencies and the FAA had been notified of the exercise.
New York Police Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne confirmed that department
had been alerted about the flight "with directives to local authorities not
to disclose information about it."