Who Pays for the President's Campaign Trips?

April 26, 2012 RSS Feed Print

President Barack Obama walks to board Air Force One at Buckley Air Force Base.

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, who studied presidential travel for the Brookings Institution, said it's difficult to draw a clear division.

"The office is inherently political," she said. "I'm not sure how you would ever separate the political from the presidential."

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Associated Press writer Jack Gillum contributed to this report.

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