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Bill Clinton seen in this Instagram photo in Punta Cana, DR. (Instagram Image)

News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. June 24, 2015: How would you like to go on an all expense paid US$200,000 trip?

If you were Bill and Hillary Clintons’ security detail you could! Simply let the U.S. taxpayers pick up the tab!

According to The Weekly Standard, the former First couple’s vacation in the Dominican Republic around New Year’s at the exclusive resorts, Punta Cana and the Casa de Campo cost U.S. taxpayers over US$200,000.

And that’s just for the security detail’s lodging and vehicles. Food and salary was a totally different bill.

The Standard says the hotels rooms for Secret Service agents came in at a whopping $191,789 while vehicles rental came up to $19,520. That’s a whopping US$211,399!

 

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