The question for both Kerry's visit and for President Obama's visit is how does that political trip translate into businesses actually deciding to invest.
Will you provide to us the breakdown when the President, on a political trip like the one this week, how much the local campaigns pay for, for instance, a visit to Colorado?
His trip to a poor estate in Glasgow in 2002 for a by election turned out to be more than the usual hand shaking, envelope stuffing, door knocking political trip for the then Conservative leader.
McCain insisted several times after his speech in Ottawa that the trip was not political, and he refused to answer any questions about Obama.
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Biersack said a common misperception is that when the president mixes official and political business on the same trip, his campaign can halve its reimbursement to the government.
McCain said he didn't think the trip was about winning political brownie points.
So with that, I think before we open it up, I think both Jeff and Mike can speak in some greater detail about the political and economic aspects of the trip.
Yet, these policies trip American device makers for political reasons, rendering them less efficient.
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This includes cancelling a trip due to fear of political or civil unrest, as we have seen in the Middle East.
Nevertheless, this trip is primarily one of political good will.
But then there have also been challenges of his own making, such as spending months of political capital on health care reform on top of an already-packed agenda, which led voters from across the political spectrum to tell me on this trip to Virginia that Obama tried to do too much, too fast.
CNN's European Political Editor Robin Oakley said the planning the trip was a wise strategic move on the Senator's part.
More than 20 political prisoners have been pardoned in advance of his trip.
During the weeks leading up to the trip, Isaac was convinced that these political differences would be a thorn in the side of any experience.
Ban was able on his trip to meet with all 10 of the registered political parties.
The trip was dreamed up by Ms Bachelet's political advisers.
Officials said he was not expected to meet any Indian political leaders and the visit was purely a "religious and spiritual trip".
And Ahmadinejad can be certain that in light of this, no one will utter a peep if on the eve of his trip to America, he arrests or even murders his chief political opponents.
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Benedict, whose office has routinely cast the trip in the context of a spiritual pilgrimage, at times addressed political issues -- often subtly, and on occasion more overtly.
Pakistan's foreign minister is set to brief senior political and military figures on the aid package on Friday after his return from a trip to the United States.
But sources close to Huntsman (who requested anonymity to speak freely without his permission) say that during his December trip to the U.S., he met with several former political advisers in Washington and Salt Lake City to discuss a potential campaign.
Ms Gomes believes Mr Barroso's political conversion happened partly because he accompanied his sick father to London in 1974 and the trip widened his horizons.
David Gergen, CNN senior political analyst, said Clinton was exhausted and had a cold after returning from his second trip to Haiti earlier this month.
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Scot Marciel, deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asia, said Washington would maintain economic and political sanctions against Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, but that the purpose of the trip was to explore more positive ways to reform the isolated Southeast Asian nation.
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And for the Dorset bus driver, the trip to Iraq turned out to be as much of a personal odyssey as a political one.
Bremer made a hastily arranged trip to Washington this week to discuss the deteriorating security situation and the slow-moving political transition in Iraq.
In a trip to Shenzhen in August, Wen Jiaobao surprised many China watchers by saying that without political reform China may lose what it has already achieved economically.
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