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White House Travel Tab Exceeds $290M August 18, 2000 The 159 foreign trips made by President Clinton and other administration officials since 1997 have cost taxpayers at least $292 million. A General Accounting Office review of the administration's travel expenses said that most of the costs were paid by the Pentagon, which provides the two jetliners that serve as Air Force One and other aircraft. The GAO study was requested by six Republican senators. A Clinton spokesman accused the Republicans of requesting the report for political purposes, claiming that the expenses were similar to other administrations. The GAO said that Clinton's 27 trips during the last three years account for 85 percent, or $247 million, of the total aircraft cost.
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