Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Report: Palin tapped travel allowance at home

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, left, accompanied by his vice-presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, center, and her husband Todd Palin, responds to the crowd, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008, at a rally in Lebanon, Ohio. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

An analysis of travel statements filed by the governor, now John McCain's Republican running mate, shows she claimed the per diem allowance on 312 occasions when she was home in Wasilla and that she billed taxpayers $43,490 for travel by her husband and children.

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