From MediMatters: During the February 4 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio program, Sean Hannity again falsely claimed that Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was the first House speaker to be granted the use of a military jet, stating, "No other speaker had one before her." Likewise, on the February 5 edition of his Fox News television show, Hannity stated that Pelosi is the "first speaker to ever have that plane." In fact, as Media Matters for America has documented, House Sergeant-at-Arms Wilson Livingood said in a February 8, 2007, statement: "In a post 9/11 threat environment, it is reasonable and prudent to provide military aircraft to the Speaker for official travel between Washington and her district.
The practice began with Speaker [Dennis] Hastert [R-IL] and I have recommended that it continue with Speaker Pelosi." In addition, then-White House press secretary Tony Snow said in a February 7, 2007, White House press briefing, "After September 11th, the Department of Defense — with the consent of the White House — agreed that the Speaker of the House should have military transport. … So Speaker Hastert had access to military aircraft and Speaker Pelosi will, too."
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