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| Palin makes US TV interview debut | |
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| US Republican vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin has given her first TV interview since being picked by John McCain to be his running mate. | |
| In the interview, conducted exclusively by ABC News, Mrs Palin said she was "ready" to serve as vice president. | |
| Asked about America's relationship with Russia, she said she backed Nato membership for Ukraine and Georgia. | |
| She was also quizzed on previous comments she had made about the war in Iraq being a "task from God". | She was also quizzed on previous comments she had made about the war in Iraq being a "task from God". |
| Mrs Palin, currently governor of Alaska, said she was quoting the words of Abraham Lincoln: "Let us pray that we are on God's side'. | |
| Asked whether her support for Georgian membership of Nato meant that the US would have to go to war if Russia again invaded Georgia, Palin said that was a possibility. | |
| "Perhaps so. I mean, that is the agreement when you are a Nato ally, if another country is attacked, you're going to be expected to be called upon and help." | |
| But she insisted that the US and Russia "cannot repeat the Cold War". |