Leaders Who Met with Palin Praise Biden :-)

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By Colum Lynch
NEW YORK -- Foreign leaders from three continents this week provided Gov. Sarah Palin with personal tutorials on world affairs, exchanging views on everything from international security to Alaskan energy policies. But they also sought to show they weren't taking sides in the American election contest, going out of their way to tell reporters how much they think of Sen. Joseph Biden.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili showered praise on Biden, saying he played a little known role in advising the government on how it should respond to Russian intervention last month. "There were lots of people calling me," he said at a breakfast hosted by Richard Holbrooke, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Biden and Holbrooke, he said, "were two people that made lots of difference on the ground."

Saakashvili said Biden called him two days after Russian troops entered Georgia and proposed a series of "very concrete things we should do." He said Biden came up with the idea -- later approved by the Bush Administration -- to provide a $1 billion grant to Georgia to get back on its feet, and that he also outlined a series of laws designed to punish Russia, including legislation that would "go after corrupt Russian officials."

The effusive praise appeared in part to show that Saakashvili had friends in America's two major political camps. Until recently, the Georgian leader had been perceived as close to Sen. John McCain, a sharp critic of Russia's military intervention of Georgia. Earlier this year, Georgia signed a $200,000 contract with a lobbying firm owned by McCain's top foreign policy adviser, Randy Scheunemann.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/26/leaders_who_met_with_palin_als.html

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1. K&R

:-)

[medicswife]

2. Woot woot!!!!!

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

Showin' Joe the love!!!!