"Andrea Mitchell, NBC, Jan. 25: "The Air Force will replace Air Force One glasses and four hand towels, apparently pilfered by passengers traveling with the Clintons on their last plane ride home."
Brit Hume, Fox News Channel, Jan. 25, "The raid that was conducted aboard that Air Force plane, the presidential plane, although it's not called Air Force One because the president was no longer -- Mr. Clinton, Mr. Clinton was no longer president -- on the last flight to New York when the blankets, pillowcases, silverware ..."
Kate O'Beirne, CNN, Jan. 27, "During Bill Clinton's final flight, the plane was stripped bare and not by sentimental staffers seeking mementos. Air Force One souvenirs were quickly posted for auction online. Why not make a final buck off the White House? Outrageous, but not surprising."
But the Air Force One story, as with the allegations of widespread White House vandalism, proved not to be true."
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