Palin's trade missions don't exist
Sarah Palin: You remember her claim that she was involved in trade missions with reps from Russia? They don't exist.
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Palin's mysterious trade missions
Sarah Palin claims to have earned foreign policy credentials through trade missions with Russia, but evidence that they actually happened is hard to come by.
Gabriel Winant
Sep. 26, 2008 | As John McCain reminds us, "Russia is right next to Alaska; Sarah Palin understands that." But when pressed by Katie Couric about what, exactly, that understanding lent her in the way of foreign policy savvy, the Republicans' vice-presidential nominee couldn't come up with a lot of specifics:
COURIC: Explain to me why that enhances your foreign policy credentials.
PALIN: Well, it certainly does because our -- our next door neighbors are foreign countries. They're in the state that I am the executive of. And there in Russia --
COURIC: Have you ever been involved with any negotiations, for example, with the Russians?
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