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To: combjelly who wrote (325414)	2/10/2007 4:24:56 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574005

During the hubbub, House Sergeant-at-Arms Bill Livingood, who is charged with the speaker's security, issued a statement saying it actually was he, not Mrs. Pelosi, who had requested that the military provide the larger plane so Mrs. Pelosi could fly nonstop to San Francisco. After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Pentagon agreed to provide the House speaker, who is second in the line of presidential succession behind the vice president, with a military plane for added security during trips home. Mr. Hastert flew in a commuter-size Air Force jet. "The fact that Speaker Pelosi lives in California compelled me to request an aircraft that is capable of making nonstop flights for security purposes, unless such an aircraft is unavailable," Mr. Livingood said in a statement. "I regret that an issue that is exclusively considered and decided in a security context has evolved into a political issue."