Palin Reconsiders, Lets Press Tag Along at UN Meetings

VP originally allowed only photographers, TV crew at sessions with world leaders
By Ambreen Ali,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 23, 2008 2:17 PM CDT
Palin Reconsiders, Lets Press Tag Along at UN Meetings
John McCain and Palin plan to meet world leaders at the UN General Assembly this week.   (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Sarah Palin gave in to protests from reporters today and allowed them to observe meetings with world leaders at the United Nations, the AP reports; her staff had earlier said only photographers and a TV crew would be invited to sessions with Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai and Columbia's Alvaro Uribe. A campaign spokeswoman, after earlier saying the restrictions were not open to debate, called the incident “miscommunication.” (More McCain-Palin stories.)