White House Aide Resigns Over NY Flyover

May 8. 2009

Video: Official Loses Job Over Air Force One Flyover The Associated Press

Obama White House aide Louis Caldera has resigned in the fall out from flyovergate, due to authorizing an insensitive photo shoot, featuring a Boeing airplane, Air Force One, flying at a low altitude in New York City.

President Barack Obama

President Barack Obama was said to be very angry over the costly photo shoot that terrified New Yorkers, bringing back bad memories of the September 11th terrorist attacks.

White House aide resigns over NY flyover

Fri May 8, 2009 10:12pm BST - WASHINGTON (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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