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Pelosi criticized for transport jet request
By TIMES WIRES
Published February 8, 2007
WASHINGTON House Speaker Nancy Pelosi found herself under fire Wednesday over her request for a far larger Air Force transport plane than the one used by former Speaker Dennis Hastert. Pelosi, a California Democrat, asked for access to a C-32 plane, a military version of the Boeing 757-200. Hastert, an Illinois Republican, flew in a small commuter-sized jet. A Defense Department spokesman said Wednesday that the Pentagon informed Pelosi's staff that she would be provided with a plane but that its size would be based on availability. WASHINGTON Senate confirms new intelligence chief Retired Vice Adm. Mike McConnell was confirmed on a Senate voice vote Wednesday to become the nation's second national intelligence director. McConnell replaces John Negroponte, who was nominated to become deputy secretary of the State Department. McConnell, a former director at the National Security Agency, was first commissioned as a Navy line officer in 1967. He gained renown as an intelligence briefer who could present complex national security matters to policymakers.
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