Sarah Palin United Nations

- John McCain, Sarah Palin will attend United Nations on September 23, 2008 to hear George W. Bush speakThe Wall Street Journal: Palin to Meet Foreign Leaders at U.N. (September 16, 2008)
- Tuesday: Palin will meet with Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai, Colombian president Alvaro Uribe and diplomat Henry KissingerNew York Times: Palin Will Meet With Kissinger and Foreign Leaders (September 21, 2008)
- Wednesday: Palin will meet with Iraq president Jalal Talabani, Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari Georgian president Mikheil SaakashviliNew York Times: Palin Will Meet With Kissinger and Foreign Leaders (September 21, 2008)
- Palin has been criticized for lack of foreign-policy knowledge and experienceNew York Daily News: Foreign policy 101 for Sarah Palin (September 21, 2008)

Sarah Palin accompanied John McCain to the United Nations on September 23, 2008 to meet with international officials. McCain and Palin appeared at the U.N. General Assembly to hear George W. Bush address the international community.New York Daily News: Foreign policy 101 for Sarah Palin (September 21, 2008) The trip was an effort to bolster Sarah Palin's foreign policy credentials, due to criticism that she was inexperienced. When the McCain campaign refused to allow an editorial presence inside photo ops featuring Palin meeting with Henry Kissinger, Alvaro Uribe, and Hamid Karzai, the press corps covering the campaign rebelled. The campaign later allowed photographers and editorial representatives inside the photo ops, but ushered them out after less than a minute in the room.