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09-09-2008, 09:54 PM
Republican vice presidential nominee and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has charged her state a daily allowance, normally used for official travel, for more than 300 nights spent at her home, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
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Per diem payments are meant for meals and incidental expenses while traveling on state business. State officials told The Post her claims — nearly $17,000 over 19 months — were permitted because her "duty station" is Juneau, the capital, and she was in Wasilla 600 miles away.
Palin spends little time at the governor's mansion in Juneau, especially when the state Legislature is out of session, and instead prefers to live in Wasilla and commute to her office in Anchorage
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The Post's analysis shows her husband Todd and their daughters were reimbursed by taxpayers for many trips between Wasilla and Juneau as well as for a variety of other travel that was also listed as state business. Palin's aides said travel by Alaska's first family is part of the job.
MORE IN LINK (http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-09-palin_N.htm)
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Per diem payments are meant for meals and incidental expenses while traveling on state business. State officials told The Post her claims — nearly $17,000 over 19 months — were permitted because her "duty station" is Juneau, the capital, and she was in Wasilla 600 miles away.
Palin spends little time at the governor's mansion in Juneau, especially when the state Legislature is out of session, and instead prefers to live in Wasilla and commute to her office in Anchorage
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The Post's analysis shows her husband Todd and their daughters were reimbursed by taxpayers for many trips between Wasilla and Juneau as well as for a variety of other travel that was also listed as state business. Palin's aides said travel by Alaska's first family is part of the job.
MORE IN LINK (http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-09-palin_N.htm)