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pays rent to Biden

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Secret Service is charged with protectingJoe Biden and his family, but the agency is also charged $2,200 amonth to rent a cottage next to the vice president's Delaware home.

Records show Biden has collected more than $13,000 since April onthe cottage in Greenville, a wealthy Wilmington suburb, and iseligible for up to $66,000 before the contract expires in 2013.

Asked if the Secret Service typically pays rent to those itprotects, agency spokesman Edwin Donovan told The Washington Times,"It's a rental property so we pay rent there."

Citizens Against Government Waste's Leslie Paige …