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The SmearPalin Has Never Been Out of The USSarah Palin has never been out of the United States. She just got her passport in 2006.
Headline: Record shows little foreign experience [1]
Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin got her first passport in 2006 and has visited just four countries, and has had little involvement in her state's cross-border issues, raising questions about her supporters' assertions that Alaska's proximity to Russia has given her unique experience on foreign affairs. [1]
The TruthSarah Palin has been to Iraq, Kuwait and Germany (where she visited her National Guard troops in the 3 countries) and also to Mexico and CanadaSarah Palin has been to Kuwait, Iraq [3], and Germany (where she visited her National Guard troops in the 3 countries) and also to Mexico [2] and Canada. [1]
The facts in the article don't match the headline.
She's been commander-in-chief of the Alaska National Guard [1]
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin visited ... a morale tour at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, in 2007. [1]
[She] visit[ed] Alaskan National Guard troops in Kuwait and Iraq. [1]
Sources:
- [1] Boston Herald article Record shows little foreign experience
- [2] ABC interview 9/11/2008
- [3] Boston Herald article Palin camp clarifies extent of Iraq trip The Kuwait visit included Camp Buehring, Camp Virginia and Ali Al Salem Air Base. She visited the main Iraq Kuwait border crossing, Khabari Alawazem Crossing aka K-Crossing. (The article says "she never ventured [further] into Iraq" but K-Crossing is in Iraq and Kuwait and all Kuwaiti supplies funnel through this point)
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