CBS11 devoted more than 7 minutes last night to this Bennett Cunningham report on Rick Perry’s family excursion to Jerusalem, paid for by Israeli oil interests who have scored big in Texas. The trip took place while Perry was announcing a reduction in travel by state employees and carried a taxpayer price tag of $70,000 — plus overtime — for Perry’s security detail (the Israelis don’t provide security?). The purpose of the trip was so that Perry could receive a “Defender of Jerusalem” award.
As for how secret the trip was, the News’s Christy Hoppe reported on it in August, so maybe it was only a secret to CBS11.  Hoppe further noted that Perry is an unusual recepient of such an award, since in 2006 he said he agreed that Jews and non-believers will be condemned to eternal damnation.
