Timothy McNulty | October 28, 2008
Palin's second policy address -- following one outside Pittsburgh Friday -- in Toledo tomorrow will not only be on energy policy. It will also get into Iran, which was a major talking point for the GOP candidates in the prez and VP debates. NBC reports:
Palin will deliver a policy speech tomorrow morning in Toledo
on "the need for energy security" and will link the issue to curbing Iran's
nuclear ambitions, according to a campaign adviser.
This news comes after the Republican vice presidential
candidate told Sallai Meridor, Israel's ambassador to the United States, that
she was committed to ending Iran's nuclear ambitions through energy policy and
international relations as vice president, aides said.
Palin has not addressed international affairs at length
on the campaign trail -- beyond supporting American efforts in Iraq and
Afghanistan. She met with several foreign leaders during the United Nations
General Assembly last month.
In contrast, Palin has made energy independence one of
her signature issues, and has said she would focus on it as vice president.
Palin, like McCain, has suggested the United States imports oil
from "countries that don't like us" and favors a transition to more domestic
sources of energy. Doing so would help build pressure on Iran to end its nuclear
program, aides said.
Talk about Iran would dovetail with the camp's latest ad on terrorism and Israel, targeting Jewish voters.
Posted
Oct 28 2008, 03:52 PM
by
Timothy McNulty