The biggest junket of all.When asked about the congressional delegation that Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) recently led to the Paris Air Show The Paris Air Show (Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, Paris-Le Bourget) is an international trade fair for the aerospace business. It is held at Le Bourget airport near Paris, France every odd year, alternating both with the Farnborough International , often called "the biggest junket there is," the Senator s office "refuse[d] to disclose how many members came along, how much it cost taxpayers, and offered few details about the event," according to James G. Lakely James G. Lakely (born September 15, 1970) is an American senior business editor for Pool & Spa News. From 2005 to 2007, Lakely was an editorial writer for the Riverside Press-Enterprise in Riverside, California. of The Washington Times. The staff's excuse: "Security reasons." Stevens, it seems, is president pro tempore president pro tem·po·re n. pl. presidents pro tempore The senator who presides over the U.S. Senate in the absence of the Vice President. of the Senate. "It's very unusual for us to comment on trips that Sen. Stevens makes," the staff explained, "because they are confidential because he's in the line of succession Noun 1. line of succession - the order in which individuals are expected to succeed one another in some official position line - a formation of people or things one behind another; "the line stretched clear around the corner"; "you must wait in a long line at the ." |
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