For decades, the mansion known as the Clay House has served as home to the senior U.S. military commander in Stuttgart, Germany. The U.S. military officially returned the Clay House to the German government on July 24, 2012. File photo/Stars and Stripes
Report Questions Costs Of Villas And Mansions For Top Military Brass -- L.A. Times
A Pentagon report questions the high costs of villas and mansions for top generals and admirals.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Marine Gen. John F. Kelly works in a fortress-like headquarters near the Miami airport. Starting this fall, he will live in Casa Sur, an elegant home with a pool and gardens on one of the area's swankiest streets.
The five-bedroom residence, across the street from the famed Biltmore Golf Course, is provided rent-free to Kelly as head of U.S. Southern Command, which oversees military operations in the Caribbean Latin America.
The cost to taxpayers? $160,000 a year, plus $402,000 for renovations and security improvements now underway.
Casa Sur is one of hundreds of high-end homes, villas and mansions where senior generals and admirals are billeted, according to a Pentagon report prepared for Congress last month but not publicly released.
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My Comment: Impressive homes .... yes .... but none of them trumps the home of the Commander in Chief. On a side note .... do we have a vet homelessness problem?
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White House for the leader of the entire nation--and occupant changes often. How many generals have how many mansions?
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