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WH Aide Resigns Over Botched Air Force One NYC Flyover Photo Op

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Reuters: A White House military aide who authorized an Air Force flyover of New York that caused panic among some people in the city resigned on Friday.



Louis Caldera said in a resignation letter to President Barack Obama that the controversy over the mission — a photo shoot of a jumbo jet used as Air Force One with the Statue of Liberty in the background — made it impossible for him to lead the White House Military Office.


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