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President Barack Obama was in the comfort of his private quarters on Air Force One somewhere over the Atlantic when he got the news. The vote was in, his adopted hometown had been trounced, and the embarrassment of the U.S. Olympic movement now officially stretched all the way to the White House.
At a pivotal point in the administration's Afghanistan strategy, President Barack Obama and his top Afghan war commander met privately aboard Air Force One Friday for a talk the White House described as productive.
As New York Gov. David Paterson's political vitality fades and a court decision over his lieutenant governor choice threatens to weaken his presumed chief rival for the 2010 gubernatorial nomination, Republicans sense a hole opening in the Democrats' wall of invincibility in the state and are seizing the day.
While visiting the Grand Canyon, Michelle Obama wore a pair of “short shorts” some are calling inappropriate. “We don’t see first ladies looking informal," said Robin Givhan of The Washington Post. “We’re still grappling with what the first lady is supposed to be all about.”
President Barack Obama's former aide Louis Caldera, who resigned after authorizing a costly and frightening Air Force One photo-op over New York City, is flying higher today.
A writer for a small Georgia newspaper who wanted to give President Barack Obama a letter was forcibly removed from a press area near Air Force One on Thursday shortly before he arrived at the airport.
President Barack Obama warned Thursday that if Congress doesn't deliver health care legislation by the end of the year, the opportunity will be lost, a plea to political supporters to pressure lawmakers to act. "If we don't get it done this year, we're not going to get it done," Obama told supporters by phone as he flew home on Air Force One from a West Coast fundraising trip.
The White House official who authorized a $328,835 photo-op of Air Force One soaring above New York City resigned Friday just weeks after the flyover sparked panicked workers to rush into the streets and flashbacks to Sept. 11. Louis Caldera said the controversy had "made it impossible for me to effectively lead the White House Military Office," which is responsible for presidential aircraft.
An administration official says the New York City mayor's office and a slew of other local police agencies were warned ahead of time that a backup Air Force One and military fighters would be flying low around the Statute of Liberty.
A White House official is taking responsibility for a Boeing 747's flying photo op over New York City that sent some workers in lower Manhattan into a panic. The plane is a version of the 747 that's called Air Force One when the president is aboard.
The taxpayer bill for Monday's presidential plane flight over Manhattan was $328,835. The political cost to the Obama White House will be harder to calculate.
President Barack Obama has most of Air Force One's 4,000 square feet at his disposal, including a roomy executive suite. Call it first class-plus.
The Pentagon has begun a search for a replacement for Air Force One, but it will probably be some future president who first uses the new presidential airplane.
President George W. Bush had to be reminded on Saturday that he was taking his last scheduled trip aboard Air Force One.
President George W. Bush is relishing the chance to see "the klieg lights shift somewhere else," although he admits he'll miss perks like White House cooking and flying on Air Force One.
White House officials waged an extraordinary campaign during an 11-hour Air Force One flight to put a positive spin on the outcome of Sunday's summit talks between President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
During President Clinton's trip to Africa in 1998, Rep. William Jefferson joined the cadre of politicians, press advisers, trade experts and foreign diplomats aboard Air Force One.
Pack your bags, President Bush. Air Force One is waiting to whisk you around the globe next year, from the Middle East in January to South America in November and many places in between.
Bankrolled almost entirely by taxpayers, President Bush is roaming far and wide on Air Force One to help Republicans retain control of Congress and capture statehouse contests in high-stakes midterm elections.
A startling Internet video that shows someone spraying graffiti on President Bush's jet looked so authentic that the Air Force wasn't immediately certain whether the plane had been targeted.
White House insists no decision made on Afghanistan strategy - CNN.comAsked about the president's pending decision on Afghan strategy, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, in a briefing Tuesday aboard Air Force One, mocked conflicting media reports.
A short thought: Could the Obama administration be a victim of it's own 24/7 policy of public transparency ? Perhaps in the case of President Obama, the down side of our information age is his over exposure.
Controversial Air Force One photos releasedThe unannounced, low-flying Air Force exercise shown in these photos incited panic in the streets of New York in April and caused the evacuation of several downtown buildings.
More of Air Force One's New York photo op released Three months after the White House released a single photograph taken during a photo op of "Air Force One" flying over New York -- a flight that caused panic on the streets below -- the U.S. Air Force on Friday released the remaining 145 photos taken during the flight.
As Obama Begins Trip, Arabs Want Israeli GesturePresident Obama arrived here Wednesday afternoon, making his first visit to Saudi Arabia as he opened a five-day trip intended to improve relations between the United States and the Muslim world and push for progress in settling the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Bush misses White House food and relatives of dead soldiersBENTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Flying on Air Force One, eating meals prepared by the White House kitchen staff and drawing inspiration from his encounters with U.S. military personnel were among things former President George W. Bush missed since leaving office, he said Thursday
Boy, he's a real comicObama was upset by the hugely inconsiderate Airforce One fly-over? If you go about 2:40 into this video of the recent correspendece dinner, you may have to ask yourself, as did I, 'How furious was he?'
Official who OK'd Air Force One jet flyover resigns President Obama has accepted the resignation of Louis Caldera, the director of the White House Military Office responsible for the controversial low-altitude flyover of New York by a 747 plane used as Air Force One, the White House said Friday.
After Terrifying New Yorkers with Air Force One Flyover, Military Office Director ResignsThe director of the White House Military Office has resigned, an administration official said Friday, two weeks after he authorized an Air Force One flyover of the Statue of Liberty that terrified thousands of people in New York City.
Costs of Recent Planes in Manhattan Scare Revealed!Last month, someone decided to once again prove that the Oxymoron Military Intelligence never gets old. Scaring citizens so bad they were fleeing their offices in a panic, all for a photo op. Barack was rightfully furious and hunted down those responsible.
Well here we go again, boys and girls. Today's lesson in Big Government doublespeak and terrorizing New Yorkers is brought to you by the same president who claims to want to eliminate torture, then authorizes drone air strikes maiming and torturing women and children.
Barack Obama: 100 days behind the scenes in a visual feastSome great photos of the President's first 100 days in office.
Iran Offers Obama Advice After Air Force One Scare (satire)"Mr. President, the next time you need a photo of your plane near some major metropolitan area," Mr. Ahmadinejad said, "there's a way to do it without evoking the nightmare of 9/11 in the streets of New York City — it's called Photoshop."
Every administration will have in place the people required to take advantage of technology. This technology will allow this group to do what needs to be done to put their party in the correct light.
Official Who Approved Air Force One Flyover May Be Fired - washingtonpost.comPresident Obama's New York flyover caused a lot of commotion and panic in New York and the man who authorized it may be in hot water.
Plane Dumb - Air Force One's NYC Photo-OpYesterday, for example, the FAA (in conjunction with the White House Military Office) staged a "photo-op" featuring flights by an F-16 Falcon jet fighter and an Air Force One back-up plane over the Statue of Liberty, Lower Manhattan and parts of New Jersey.
Plane Circling Lower Manhattan Is A "Photo Op," FAA Says Let's see....we have an economy that can't afford basics wasting jet fuel on a photo op, global warming due to pollution spewing exhaust, a near pandemic of swine flu, and a city that is predisposed to panicking due to a variety of aircraft related tragedies.....and an Air Force …
Obama Plane Startles New Yorkers A jumbo jet being chased by a F-16 fighter jets buzzed Lower Manhattan this morning, panicking New Yorkers, many of whom were forced to evacuate their office buildings.
Air Force One lookalike & 2 F-16s buzz Statue of Liberty, scare public (video)It wasn't even a drill. It was a photo op. And the Pentagon told local authorities, but said they couldn't share the information with the public.
On the White House - On Board Air Force One What's the point of being one of the White House reporters for the New York Times if you don't get at least a little excited about your first trip on Air Force One?
Air Force One cost more than $56,000 per hour to operate.
Air Force One Pilot Calls It Quits"Try to guess how many flights President Bush has flown on Air Force One since taking office. It's 1,675 - more than 200 flights in each of the last eight years. And on nearly all of those flights, Col. Mark Tillman, 51, was at the controls of Air Force One. "
Bush Takes Last Air Force One Flight to Honor Dad President George W. Bush took his last official Air Force One flight on Saturday to Virginia for a ceremony to place a warship named after his father into active duty.
Bush says he'll miss White House cooking, flying on Air Force One President George W. Bush is relishing the chance to see "the klieg lights shift somewhere else," although he admits he will miss perks like White House cooking and flying on Air Force One.
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