Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/us/politics/kristi-noem-dhs-gulfstream.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uU8.CX6d.T7gqWj6eH3_X

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/29016798

Public documents show the Department of Homeland Security has contracted to purchase a pair of top-of-the-line Gulfstream jets for the secretary and other top officials.

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U7826391786239@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 324d (2 replies)
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Penguin_1024@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 324d (1 reply)

I would expect the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to fly on a government jet staffed by the military. Apparently waiting a few hours for one of those jets to be available and interacting with normal military people is too much for her to handle.

m0darn@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 324d

A successful head of homeland security wouldn't need special security while travelling within the homeland.