Headline Roundup • September 9th, 2019
Air Force Leaders Order Review Of Stays At Trump Resort
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Politico
Stopovers at Scotland airport have tripled since 2015 and overnight stays in the area are up five-fold.
The U.S. Air Force has ordered a world-wide review of how it chooses overnight accommodations on long flights following revelations that air crews had occasionally stayed at President Donald Trump's Scotland resort while refueling at a small commercial airport nearby.
The review comes as additional instances of military personnel staying at Trump properties have been uncovered. The C-17 crew’s overnight stay at Trump’s Turnberry resort in Scotland earlier this year, first reported by...
USA TODAY
The Air Force has ordered a review of its layover stays following an outcry over increased military spending at President Donald Trump's struggling golf resort at Turnberry in Scotland.
Air Force Spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said in a statement to USA TODAY that "Air Force leadership directed Air Mobility Command to review all guidance pertaining to selection of airports and lodging accommodations during international travels."
Politico was first to report that seven Air National Guard service members flying from the U.S. to Kuwait had stopped at Glasgow Prestwick Airport and stayed...
While the Air Force called a crew's stay at President Trump's Scotland resort earlier this year "not unusual," it has ordered a review of its process for choosing overnight accommodations following ethics concerns.
Since April, the House Oversight Committee has been investigating the joint Air Force and Alaska Air National Guard unit's stop at Trump's Turnberry resort in Scotland while on a trip to Kuwait. On Sunday, an Air Force official insisted that all guidelines for selecting accommodations were properly followed, even providing evidence that Trump's resort offered lower room...
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