America's Mayor

November 30, 2007 -- Rudy Giuliani said yesterday that obscure city agencies were billed for the out-of-town credit-card charges of his mayoral security detail because the NYPD was so slow in paying its bills.

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Hoping to limit the fallout on his presidential campaign, Giuliani told CBS's Katie Couric that the practice began during his first term and was a matter of convenience - not a sinister plot to hide expenses like time spent with then-girlfriend Judith Nathan.