Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta holds a press briefing on defense issues at the Pentagon, April 16, 2012. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
Panetta Said He Regretted Cost To Taxpayers For Trips Home To California -- Washington Post
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said Monday that he regrets that his frequent flights home to California on a military jet have cost taxpayers more than $800,000 since July. He gave no indication, however, that he would end the weekend commutes.
“For 40 years that I’ve been in this town, I’ve gone home because my wife and family are there and because, frankly, I think it’s healthy to get out of Washington periodically just to get your mind straight and your perspective straight,” said Panetta, who maintains a residence with his wife, Sylvia, on their walnut farm in Monterey, Calif.
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More News On Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta's Costs For His Weekend Trips To His California Home
Leon Panetta Talks About Racking Up $860,000 In Airfare -- Inquistr
Report: Defense Secretary Panetta Defends $860,000 Cost for Weekend Trips Home -- CNS
Panetta Regrets Cost of His Weekend Trips to California as Defense Secretary -- ABC News
Leon Panetta Regrets Expense Of Weekend Trips Home -- Huffington Post
Panetta regrets expense of weekend trips home -- Mercury News/AP
Panetta Says He Regrets Expense of Trips Home -- Wall Street Journal
Panetta defends $860,000 for weekly trips home -- Washington Times
Defense of Leon Panetta’s costly flights only goes so far -- Jena McGregor, Washington Post
My Comment: He may have "regrets", but nothing is going to change.