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Alaska Governor Sarah Palin talks about the state's health initiatives during a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska on Thursday Dec. 4, 2008 as Health and Social Services Commissioner Bill Hogan, left, and Chief Medical Officer Jay Butler listen.

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  1. FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2009 file photo, former U.S. vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, center, arrives at the check-in counter at Hong Kong airport. Palin emerged from a two-month absence from public view in an unlikely manner: With a closed-door speech, heavy on foreign policy, to a group of investors in Hong Kong.
  2. Former U.S. vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin arrives at the check-in counter at Hong Kong airport Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 as Palin is leaving Hong Kong for the U.S. In her first trip to Asia, the former Alaska governor addressed an annual conference of investors in Hong Kong in what was billed as a wide-ranging talk about governance, economics and U.S. and Asian affairs.
  3. Former U.S. vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, center, arrives at the check-in counter at Hong Kong airport Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 as Palin is leaving Hong Kong for the U.S. In her first trip to Asia, the former Alaska governor addressed an annual conference of investors in Hong Kong in what was billed as a wide-ranging talk about governance, economics and U.S. and Asian affairs.
  4. Former U.S. vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin arrives at the check-in counter at Hong Kong airport Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 as Palin is leaving Hong Kong for the U.S. In her first trip to Asia, the former Alaska governor addressed an annual conference of investors in Hong Kong in what was billed as a wide-ranging talk about governance, economics and U.S. and Asian affairs.
  5. Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R) stands beside CLSA's CEO Jonathan Slone during the annual CLSA Investors' Forum in Hong Kong September 23, 2009.
  6. Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin addresses the annual CLSA Investors' Forum in Hong Kong September 23, 2009.
  7. Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin attends the annual CLSA Investors' Forum in Hong Kong September 23, 2009.
  8. Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin addresses the annual CLSA Investors' Forum in Hong Kong September 23, 2009.
  9. FORT BRAGG, NC - NOVEMBER 23: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin walks through a crowd of fans back to her tour bus after the signing of her memoir 'Going Rogue' at the North Post Exchange on November 23, 2009 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Hundreds of people turned out for Palin's appearance.
  10. FORT BRAGG, NC - NOVEMBER 23: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin makes her way through a crowd of media for the signing of her memoir 'Going Rogue' at the North Post Exchange on November 23, 2009 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Hundreds of people turned out for Palin's appearance.
  11. FORT BRAGG, NC - NOVEMBER 23: An 82nd Airborne Military Police Officer guards the tour bus of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as people have their photos taken with their signed copies of Palin's memoir 'Going Rogue' at the North Post Exchange on November 23, 2009 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Hundreds of people turned out for Palin's appearance.
  12. FORT BRAGG, NC - NOVEMBER 23: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's signature is seen on her memoir 'Going Rogue' at the North Post Exchange on November 23, 2009 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Hundreds of people turned out for Palin's appearance.
  13. FORT BRAGG, NC - NOVEMBER 23: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's signature is seen on an Iraqi dinar note she signed for 82nd Airborne's Sgt. David Vogelslang during the signing of her memoir 'Going Rogue' at the North Post Exchange on November 23, 2009 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Hundreds of people turned out for Palin's appearance.
  14. FORT BRAGG, NC - NOVEMBER 23: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter Piper Palin takes pictures of her mother signing her memoir 'Going Rogue' at the North Post Exchange on November 23, 2009 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Hundreds of people turned out for Palin's appearance.
  15. FORT BRAGG, NC - NOVEMBER 23: Wayne Thomas, of Lumberton, North Carolina, waits for his friends in front of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's tour bus at the signing of her memoir 'Going Rogue' at the North Post Exchange on November 23, 2009 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Hundreds of people turned out for Palin's appearance.
  16. FORT BRAGG, NC - NOVEMBER 23: 82nd Airborne Sgt. David Vogelsang, War Transition Unit, takes a picture of a military police officer in front of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's tour bus at the signing of her memoir 'Going Rogue' at the North Post Exchange on November 23, 2009 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Hundreds of people turned out for Palin's appearance.

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