Gov. Palin meets with Lithuanian defense minister

For a Palin blogger, it's hard to find much news about the governor's trip to Kosovo to visit the troops, as we have to wait for tweets from Gov. Palin, press releases from her office and practically nothing from the mainstream media. This is not the msm's fault, since the governor apparently took no embed reporters along with her, as per Army wishes. So we really have to dig for information. Sometimes, we are rewarded for our efforts with something new.

On the website of the Ministry of National Defence, Republic of Lithuania, we found a story about Defense Minister Rasa Juknevičienė's visit to Kosovo. Gov. Palin had tweeted:

"Met w Lithuanian Minister of Defense, Rasa Jukneviciene. She's a conservative in Parliament here for Change of Command & peacekeeping exercz"

The story on the Ministry's web page contained a paragraph on the meeting:

While in Camp Bondsteel Lithuanian Minister met with the Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin visiting the US forces. High officials met for a discussion on participation of their countries in international operations.

Nothing much new there, but the story led us to this great photo of the defense minister and the governor engaged in conversation:



Update: Thanks to DVIDS, the 24/7 operation that connects media around the world with our military serving overseas, we now have this video of Gov. Palin's arrival at Camp Bondsteel, visiting with the troops, taking a guided tour of the nearby Kosovo town of Ferizaj and excerpts from her speech to the soldiers. Spc. Joseph Samudio of the 69th Public Affairs Detachment was responsible for the outstanding camera work.

Also, some photos of Gov. Palin in Kosovo, taken by U.S. Army Sgt. Adam David Pepper, are now posted on the governor's website.

- JP