And there's more...

So, it's not just James Naughtie who's been flown out to Washington to cover the Syrian crisis (at licence fee payers' expense). 

Newsnight's excellent Mark Urban must have enjoyed the same in-flight movie and now Jane Hill (Portugal's favourite, thanks to her role in reporting on the abduction of Madelaine McCann - something that didn't go down entirely well with the Portuguese, if you remember) is out there too for the BBC News Channel, standing around (as is her way). 

I've always wanted to visit the States. I should have joined the BBC.