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Current DateTime: 12:47:23 05 Dec 2008
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    • Senators on Auto Bailout Hearing 

        Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., and Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., discuss today's auto bailout hearings.

    • Making Their Case 

        A recap of the Big 3 CEOs' testimony before the Senate Banking Committee, with CNBC's Phil LeBeau; Bruce Kogut, Columbia Business School professor; Erich Merkle, Crowe Chizek auto consultant; and CNBC's John Harwood.

    • Corker Weighs In 

        Insight on the Big 3's testimony before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, with Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn.

    • Dodd: Inaction Not The Response 

        Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn. and Banking Committee chairman, says bankruptcy is the wrong appraoch.

    • Sen. Dodd Questions Big 3 

        Big Three CEOs Mulally, Wagoner and Nardelli & UAW president Gettelfinger take questions from Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn.

    • Sen. Corker Questions Big 3, Pt. 2 

        Big Three CEOs Mulally, Wagoner and Nardelli & UAW president Gettelfinger take questions from Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn.

    • Sen. Corker Questions Big 3 

        Big Three CEOs Mulally, Wagoner and Nardelli & UAW president Gettelfinger take questions from Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn.


Sarah Palin (R)

Governor of Alaska


Alaska governor Sarah Palin.

 

PROFILE

 

Personal:
Born Feb. 11, 1964 in Sandpoint, Idaho
Married to Todd Palin
Five children, one grandchild on the way

Education:
Graduated from the University of idaho after attending several schools.

Professional:
City Council member of Wasilla, Alaska for six years, then mayor for six years; Chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission for less than two years, resigning over her ethics concerns over other members; Alaska governor, 2006 to present.

Notable:
- First woman and youngest person to serve as governor of Alaska
- Second woman to run for vice president on a major-party ticket, and the first for the GOP
- Was runner up in the 1984 Miss Alaska pageant
- Worked as a sports reporter for KTUU-TV in Anchorage, Alaska
- Made an unsuccessful bid for lieutenant governor of Alaska in 2002
 

NEED TO KNOW

 


 


ADDITIONAL POLITICAL COVERAGE


Current DateTime: 12:47:51 05 Dec 2008
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  • McCain's wife controls family's riches

      The candidate's spouse runs an investment portfolio of an estimated $36.6 million to $53.4 million and chairs one of the nation's largest beer distributorships.




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