In her interview with Katie Couric, who is by no means my idea of a bastion of hard hitting journalism, Palin continues to imply that sharing a border with Russia gives her foreign policy experience. When pressed for an explanation why, she doesn't seem to be coached on any better answer than she gave Charlie Gibson. Here's a transcript of the interview:

COURIC: You've cited Alaska's proximity to Russia as part of your foreign
policy experience. What did you mean by that?
PALIN: That Alaska has a very
narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and on our other side,
the land-- boundary that we have with-- Canada. It-- it's funny that a comment
like that was-- kind of made to-- cari-- I don't know, you know? Reporters--
COURIC: Mock?
PALIN: Yeah, mocked, I guess that's the word, yeah.
COURIC: Explain to me why that enhances your foreign policy credentials.
PALIN: Well, it certainly does because our-- our next door neighbors are
foreign countries. They're in the state that I am the executive of. And there in
Russia--
COURIC: Have you ever been involved with any negotiations, for
example, with the Russians?
PALIN: We have trade missions back and forth.
We-- we do-- it's very important when you consider even national security issues
with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United
States of America, where-- where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over
the border. It is-- from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye
is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right
there. They are right next to-- to our state

The New Yorker magazine has this response to her claim on their cover this week:

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