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Journalists covering the White House in the United States have been asked to stop stealing souvenirs from the official plane of the President of the United States Joe Biden.
An inventory check conducted on Air Force One after Biden's visit to the West Coast in February revealed that several items were missing from its press section, including branded pillowcases, gold-rimmed cups and plates.
In response, the White House Correspondents' Association issued a clarification that it is forbidden to take items from the Air Force. He sent an email to reporters and said that such behavior brings a bad name to the press box that accompanies the president and that it must stop.
Journalists sometimes receive small packages of M&Ms chocolates emblazoned with the presidential seal as souvenirs, but according to reports, for years they have been taking other items with the logo of the presidential plane - including cutlery and towels.
Misha Komdovsky, the White House correspondent for Voice of America, holds In a "delicate" collection of items from his travels on the president's plane. "I did
n't
make anyone cry and I didn't do anything wrong to put this collection together," he told the BBC, while holding up a paper cup with the Air Force One logo that he "just forgot to throw away."
, he also has a box of M&Ms with Biden's signature.” Spoiler alert. They're regular M&Ms in a nice box," he said.
Air Force One, dubbed the president's "office in the sky" by the White House, has 372 square meters of floor space over three levels. Its impressive facilities include an extensive suite for the president, a medical station with an operating table, a conference room and a dining room, two kitchens that can feed up to a hundred people at the same time, and designated areas for the press, military officers, security and crew members.
It is equipped with advanced aviation and defense systems and is classified as a military aircraft , which should withstand an air attack.
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