Walker’s trip to Great Britain cost taxpayers $138,000
Source: JOURNAL SENTINEL
Madison— On the eve of another foreign trip, Gov. Scott Walker's administration acknowledged that Wisconsin taxpayers paid $138,200 for his February trip to Great Britain, which was billed as a trade mission but freighted with political overtones from Walker's likely 2016 presidential bid.
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, which organized the six-day trip, laid out the costs in response to a request from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, doing so just a day before another taxpayer-funded, weeklong European trip that Walker is taking as he seeks to boost his foreign policy credentials...
...Walker leaves on Friday on a state-sponsored trade mission paid by Wisconsin taxpayers to the cities of Hannover, Germany; Bilbao, Spain; and Montpellier, France. In another sign of his likely run, he is expected to cut off his participation in the trip short to join other likely GOP contenders for the White House for a New Hampshire event on April 17 and 18.
On Thursday and Friday, Walker will be in Nashville, Tenn., to attend political meetings and speak at the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association.
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