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Palin Sits Down With 2 Foreign Leaders

 
NEW YORK, Sept. 23 -- Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin made her diplomatic debut Tuesday, meeting with two heads of state who traveled to New York for the opening of the U.N. General Assembly. (link)

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