The plane had almost 20 years of service and this is not the first break down. Via the AP’s Matt Lee, traveling with Secretary Kerry:
Dawn. Hickam Field, #Hawaii. Beautiful. But it won’t fly. #SecKerry heading home commercially. #Congress pic.twitter.com/REDZ2HcYre
— Matt Lee (@APDiploWriter) August 14, 2014
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Today’s big news story involving State is the acquittal of a DS Agent in a case involving an altercation and shooting death of a local in Honolulu. Good news but now the Department should have an absolute bar (as my embassy and others did) on drinking and carrying — which allegedly was part of the volatile mix in this case. Pancho Huddle