Transcript: Sarah Palin Interview with Charles Gibson, Part I

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SHOW: WORLD NEWS WITH CHARLES GIBSON 6:31 PM EST
September 11, 2008 Thursday
EXCLUSIVE; FIRST INTERVIEW
CHARLES GIBSON (FAIRBANKS, AK USA
CHARLES GIBSON (ABC NEWS) 

(Off-camera) Good evening. We are in Fairbanks tonight, where we spent part of the day with Alaska’s governor, Sarah Palin, for her first extensive interview since being named John McCain’s running mate. We met with the governor shortly before she addressed a deployment ceremony for an army infantry division which includes her son, Track. He’ll be sent to Iraq later this month. The ceremony comes on this, the seventh anniversary of September 11th. We’re going to have further conversations with Governor Palin tonight and tomorrow that will be on this broadcast tomorrow. But on this day, when national security is on everyone’s mind, we wanted to talk about her view of the world. Governor, let me start by asking you a question that I asked John McCain about you. And it is really the central question. Can you look the country in the eye and say, I have the experience, and I have the ability to be not just vice president, but perhaps president of the United States of America?  Read more