Barney Frank retracts charge on Tim Geithner air travel

It turns out Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner doesn't make inappropriate use of military aircraft. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) on Saturday retracted the allegation, saying he had acted "on inadequate information."

"I have now gotten more information than I had before about the Treasury Secretary's travel," Frank, ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, said in a statement. "Based on the information I have now gotten — and that I should have looked into before — I now believe that the Secretary's travel patterns are appropriate and do not need any mandated change from us."

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Karla Adam 16 Oct, 2011


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