Pat Dollard | Young Americans

And how long did it take Obambi to get to Iraq?

Fox News
September 14, 2008

In response to a Boston Globe article today, the Palin camp has been forced to clarify exactly where Sarah Palin traveled in her July 2007 trip to the Middle East to visit Alaskan National Guard troops

Previously the campaign said she had traveled to Iraq to visit Alaskan soldiers, but the Globe reported today that it was just a border crossing between Kuwait and Iraq.

In her ABC interview Thursday night with Charlie Gibson, Palin did not mention Iraq when talking about the trip saying she visited the troops in Kuwait and then visited injured soldiers in Germany.

Today, the Palin camp responded that the Vice-Presidential nominee did cross into Iraq, but it was a quick trip:

“Last summer, Governor Palin traveled to Kuwait where she visited Alaskan National Guard troops deployed to the war in Iraq at Camp Arifjen. While she was there she traveled to the K Crossing on the Kuwait-Iraq border, and a quarter mile into Iraq. According to the General who traveled with her, while she was there she presided over a re-enlistment ceremony of an Alaskan National Guard soldier. En route back to the United States, she traveled to the Ramstein Air Base in Germany. While in Germany, Governor Palin visited wounded soldiers at the Landstuhl military hospital. She then returned home. She also visited Canada, as well as Mexico for a vacation.”

Palin also claimed to have been to Ireland on the same Middle East trip, but it turned out merely to be a re-fueling stop. Palin has faced criticism for her limited travel outside of the United States and for obtaining her first passport last year.

Tommy Vietor, Obama campaign spokesman responded strongly to the initial report that Palin did not cross the border into Iraq:

“The McCain campaign said Governor Palin opposed the Bridge to Nowhere, but now we know she supported it. They said she didn’t seek earmarks, but now we know she hired a lobbyist to get millions in pork for her town and her state. They said she visited Iraq, but today we learned that she only stopped at the border. Americans are starting to wonder, is there anything the McCain campaign isn’t lying about?”