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Is worth hundreds of millions try and tap taxpayers for private travel? oregon senator ron wyden calling it obviously wrong. >> these kinds of ethical issues just keep coming up. >> mnuchin is pushing back, insisting the plane request was all about keeping secure communication with the white house and was withdrawn once an alternative plan was settled. >> i'm very sensitive to the use of government funds. i've never asked the government to pay for my personal travel. >> reporter: even the president was speaking up aboard air force one. >> do you have confidence in mnuchin? >> total kconfidence...

Treasury secretary steve mnuchin and his new wife, louise linton, are back at the center of criticism once again over their apparent interest in using government resources. mnuchin reportedly asked if they could take a government plane to their european honeymoon this summer. it's a move that raises questions about ethics and common sense. cnn's tom foreman has the latest. >> reporter: the headlines have been brutal. all of them asking, essentially, the same thing. why would a man "fortune" says is worth hundreds of millions try and tap taxpayers for private travel? oregon senator ron wyden ca...