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Little bit of an issue watching some of the quote, unquote outrage from some of the members of congress as they questioned the gsa folks, because let's be honest. members of congress go on plenty of junkets of their own. they take their spouses, they take some advantages thinking they deserve it because they've been in congress, so i think if we're going to talk about this, we have to take a look at the whole nature of something susan has talked about which is really the culture of all of it, basically. >> susan, what do you make of it? first of all, there's just public contempt, even if there...

farewell fly b-by as discovery hitches a ride on the jet and heads for a museum. i'm wolf blitzer, and you're in i'm wolf blitzer, and you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com this just coming in to "the situation room." we are live here in brussels, belgium. i'll have the exclusive joint interview tomorrow with the secretary of state hillary clinton and the defense secretary leon panetta tomorrow from nato headquarters right outside brussels. lots to discuss including the situation in afghanistan. certainly a crisis right now and what's going on with i...

Public servant there to serve the american people and i think that conducting herself in this way on the world stage does not advance american interests and sit down right embarrassing. it is as though she is auditioning for "jersey shore," rather than representing america on the world stage as the secretary of state. i do think that it is rather a bit much to expect the american taxpayers to be funding these kinds junkets. i cannot thing of a single thing that hillary clinton achieved in the entire summit of the americas. the only imaging from the s ssummit will be of hillary clinton partying...

Providing luxury junkets for high level executives but for the interns, as well. and he netted interns in congress work out of storage areas or a hall way and do not get sent to resorts or spas for a week on the taxpayer's dime and another congressman argues that such things being on the taxpayer tab demand serious action for what he called a blatant waste of taxpayer dollars. listen. >> we want to call in all of the individuals that have been fired or on leave but we want to go deeper and we want the new acting director to come in and explain how he made the changes so that this will never ha...

Been spreading the taxpayers' wealth providing luxurious junkets not only for high-level executives, but for interns as well. and he noted those interns in congress work out of storage areas, even hallways, and do not, he said, get sent to resorts and spas for a week on the taxpayers' dime. another congressman argues that putting intern retreats on the taxpayers' tab demands serious action for what he calls a blatant waste of taxpayer dollars. listen. >> we certainly want to call in all of the individuals that have already been fired or on administrative leave, but we want to go much deeper. w...