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  Sen. Hagel doubts Palin's ready
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Last EditedRP  Sep 17, 2008 11:08pm
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News DateFriday, September 19, 2008 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionSen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska on Wednesday became the nation's most prominent Republican officeholder to publicly question whether Sarah Palin has the experience to serve as president.

"She doesn't have any foreign policy credentials," Hagel said in an interview. "You get a passport for the first time in your life last year? I mean, I don't know what you can say. You can't say anything."


Palin has cited the proximity of Alaska to Russia as evidence of her international experience.

Hagel scoffed at that notion.

"I think they ought to be just honest about it and stop the nonsense about, 'I look out my window and I see Russia and so therefore I know something about Russia,'" he said. "That kind of thing is insulting to the American people."

"I think it's a stretch to, in any way, to say that she's got the experience to be president of the United States," Hagel said.
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