Ultimately, concerns about civil unrest in the region forced the trip's cancellation rather than Carter's health (his doctors had approved the trip).
Though parents had approved the trip, it was not sanctioned by the Beacon administration.
Mr. Bloomberg said that the federal government had approved the trip.
After all, there had not been an approved float trip down the river in more than seven decades.
Late last month, the board approved the trip, saying it was up to the parents to decide if their children should stay home.
Even though she was soon located, when she returned to the United States, Larry Lynn, the Darpa director at the time, told her that if he had known what she was doing, he would never have approved the trip.
The news that Treasury approved the trip to Cuba didn't stop Cuban-American Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fl).
In February 2009, after Issa became the ranking Republican, he approved a trip to a Mercatus-funded retreat for his committee staff director, Larry Brady.
His doctors approved the trip to the U.S. bishops' spring meeting because he finished that round of chemotherapy about five weeks ago, giving his immune system time to recover, he said.
He also said the ethics committee bore some responsibility because it had approved the trips in advance.
