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Palin's Christian Expenses

Republican vice-presidential candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin plays to her audience during a campaign stop in Johnstown, Pa., Oct. 11, 2008. (KEITH SRAKOCIC/AP)

WASILLA, Alaska-The camera closes in on Sarah Palin speaking to young missionaries, vowing from the pulpit to do her part to implement God's will from the governor's office.

What she didn't tell worshippers gathered at the Wasilla Assembly of God church in her hometown was that her appearance that day came courtesy of Alaskan taxpayers, who picked up the $639.50 (all figures U.S.) tab for her airplane tickets and per diem fees.