Washington, Oct 1: The Alaska Governor and John McCain’a running mate, Sarah Palin, has no command authority over the guardians of US airspace despite her recent suggestion in an interview to CBS News' Katie Couric.

“She doesn’t have any role in that process,” Air Force Maj. Allen Herritage, spokesman for the Alaska North American Aerospace Defense Command, said.

“The authority to launch and respond to a Russian incursion lies with the Alaska NORAD Region commander” - Air Force Lt. General Dana Atkins, the Daily News quoted him, as saying.

Washington, Oct 1: Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden and his rival Sarah Palin are training hard and not taking anything for granted before the only vice presidential debate of 2008 on Thursday.

The veep debate at Washington University in St. Louis is expected to center on domestic and foreign policy, and the list of topics could run the gamut, FOX News reported.

Washington, Sept 30 : Sarah Palin’s parents Sally and Chuck Heath are confident that their third child is indeed ready to occupy the Oval Office at a moment''s notice.

At a time when the Democrats and many in the media are questioning Palin''s readiness to be President in the event she and John McCain are elected and McCain becomes incapacitated, the Heaths said that that daughter would be ready for the job.

Washington, Sept. 30 : John McCain’s move to select Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate may have seemed brilliant to most people a month ago, especially Republicans keen to kick start their campaign to wrest the White House for another four years, but now, according to CBS, that first publicity attracting stunt is coming unstuck.

NewYork, Sept. 30 : Sarah Palin has decided to play the old versus young card against Democrat vice-presidential rival Joe Biden, ahead of their first and only debate on Thursday.

"It''s my turn now. I''m looking forward to Thursday night''s debate. I''ve never met Joe Biden. But I''ve been hearing about his Senate speeches since I was in, like, second grade," Palin quipped to thunderous applause at an event in Columbus, Ohio.

New York, Sep 30 : A month after Sarah Palin joined John McCain’s ticket to a burst of excitement and anticipation among Republicans, she heads into a critical debate facing challenges from conservatives about her credentials, signs that her popularity is slipping and evidence that her party is worried about how much help she will be for McCain.