1.0 link 141957 <![CDATA[Palin Hoping to be Named Ambassador to Africa]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/palin-hoping-to-be-named_b_141957.html Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska has reached out to President-elect Obama's transition team to indicate her interest in being named "ambassador to the nation of Africa," the governor confirmed today.

Gov. Palin said that although she had planned to continue in her position in Juneau, she was willing to leave the governorship "because Africa is just such a darned important country."

"I have always been very, very interested in the nation of Africa, partly because of it being located where it is,"...

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