re: #529 capitalist piglet

You don’t agree that it’s possible it wasn’t Caldera’s fault, and are willing to accept the findings of a deputy chief of staff as gospel. This day is just full of surprises!

It’s a relatively minor incident, but Furry could be right, you know. It seems rather odd that this happened at all.

Since Gates was involved in the investigation, I’ll trust it more then just the Obama guy.

“Obama has asked Jim Messina, his deputy chief of staff, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates or his designee “to jointly review the organizational structure of the White House Military Office and the reporting relationship of its components to the White House and the Air Force, and to make recommendations to him to ensure that such an incident never occurs again.

Gates had ordered a review of notification procedures for high-visibility “training events.”

In a letter responding to a request by Sen. John McCain, the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gates wrote that he was concerned that the public had not been adequately informed about the flyover.

“I am concerned that this highly public and visible mission did not include an appropriate public affairs plan nor adequate review and approval by senior Air Force and (Department of Defense) officials,” Gates wrote in the letter dated Tuesday and later obtained by FOX News.

Participants on the flight included one combat photographer, a standard crew complement for Air Force One and the two F-16s that accompanied it and no non-duty personnel or extra passengers, Gates wrote. “