Thursday, September 11, 2008

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Palin: I Didn't Blink When Asked To Be McCain's VP

Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and Sen. John McCain. (File) Source: J.D. Pooley/Getty Images

John McCain running mate Sarah Palin sought Thursday to defend her qualifications but struggled with foreign policy, unable to describe President Bush's doctrine of pre-emptive strikes against threatening nations and acknowledging she's never met a foreign head of state.

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  • FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska - In her first televised interview since being named to the GOP ticket, Sarah Palin says she's ready to be president if called upon. However, she sidestepped questions on whether she had the national security credentials needed to be commander in chief.




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    • Republican presidential candidate, Sen., John McCain, R-Ariz., left, greets Democratic presidential candidate, Sen., Barack Obama, D-Ill., before Obama begins and after McCain finished participation in a forum on national service at Columbia University., Thursday night, Sept. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
      Obama mocks McCain as computer illiterate AP - 1 hour, 14 minutes ago

      NEW YORK - John McCain is mocked as an out-of-touch, out-of-date computer illiterate in a television commercial out Friday from Barack Obama as the Democrat begins his sharpest barrage yet on McCain's long Washington career.

    • In this image released by ABC, ABC News anchor Charles Gibson talks to Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin in Fairbanks, Alaska in an interview, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. The first excerpts will air Thursday on 'World News with Charles Gibson' and 'Nightline.' On Friday, portions of the interview will air on 'Good Morning America,' 'World News,' 'Nightline' and a special one-hour '20/20.' (AP Photo/ABC, Donna Svennik)
      Palin tries to defend qualifications in interview AP - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

      FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska - In her first televised interview since being named to the GOP ticket, Sarah Palin says she's ready to be president if called upon. However, she sidestepped questions on whether she had the national security credentials needed to be commander in chief.

    • Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is greeted by her daughter, Piper, left, after arriving for a welcome home rally in Fairbanks, Alaska, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
      GOP campaign downplays Palin book-banning inquiry AP - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

      WASILLA, Alaska - The McCain campaign is defending Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's much-criticized inquiry into banning books at her hometown library, saying her questions were only hypothetical.

    • Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., greets Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., during the Service Nation Summit at Columbia University in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
      McCain, Obama discuss views on public service AP - 2 hours, 1 minute ago

      NEW YORK - Republican John McCain declined to disavow Thursday the tough criticism by his campaign of his Democratic opponent's experience as a community organizer, saying politics is "tough business" even as he praised Barack Obama's service.

    • Obama plans to 'make government cool again' Politico - Thu Sep 11, 10:47 PM ET

      Barack Obama addressed the wide distaste for government -- and the fact that he and John McCain are running against Washington -- at the forum on national service at Columbia University.

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