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MS. IFILL: Good evening from Washington
University in St. Louis,
Missouri. I'm Gwen Ifill of "The Newshour"
and "Washington Week" on
PBS. Welcome to the first and the only 2008
vice presidential debate
between the Republican nominee, Governor
Sarah Palin of Alaska, and
the Democratic nominee, Joe Biden of
Delaware.
The Commission on Presidential Debates is the
sponsor of this
event and the two remaining presidential
debates. Tonight's
discussion will cover a wide range of topics,
including domestic and
foreign policy matters. It will be divided
roughly into five-minute
segments. Each candidate will have 90 seconds
to respond to a direct
question and then an addition two minutes for
rebuttal and follow-up.
The order has been determined by a coin toss.
The specific subjects
and questions were chosen by me, and have not
been shared or cleared
with anyone on the campaigns or on the
commission. The audience here
in the hall has promised to remain very
polite: no cheers, applause,
no untoward outbursts -- except right at this
minute, now, as we
welcome Governor Palin and Senator Biden.
(Cheers, applause.)
GOV. PALIN: (To Sen. Biden.) Nice to meet
you.
SEN. BIDEN: (To Gov. Palin.) Take care
tonight.
GOV. PALIN: (To Sen. Biden.) Hey, can I call
you Joe?
SEN. BIDEN: (To Gov. Palin.) You can call me
Joe.
GOV. PALIN: (To Sen. Biden.) Okay. Thanks.
SEN. BIDEN: (To Gov. Palin.) Thank you.
GOV. PALIN: (To Sen. Biden.) Thank you.
(To Ms. Ifill.) Thank you, Gwen.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. (Cheers,
applause.)
MS. IFILL: Welcome to you both. As we had
determined by a c
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