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VOA NEWS: SEN. MCCAIN PICKS ALASKA GOVERNOR AS VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
August 29, 2008
MIAMI, Aug. 29 -- The Voice of America issued the following story:

By Brian Wagner

Republican Senator John McCain has chosen a first-term governor from the state of Alaska to run as his vice presidential candidate in the November elections. VOA's Brian Wagner reports, Governor Sarah Palin bolsters McCain's message of reform.

Senator McCain named Sarah Palin as his running mate only hours after the close of the Democratic National Convention . . .

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