Pentagon Cuts Premium Travel

Just in case you missed it in today's story about improper premium-class travel by federal officials, there was some interesting news out of the Defense Department. You can find it at the bottom (of course) of this New York Times piece: First- and business-class travel by Pentagon officials has declined significantly since 2003, saving taxpayers tens of millions of dollars a year, according to Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn. “I don’t pat [agencies] on the back too often,” Coleman said. “Here, they deserve it.”