09-03-2008, 12:36 PM
[quote mjgkramer]
I lived in Oman from 1992 through 1995 and the Netherlands from 1996 through 1999 and during that time visited 30 countries, some multiple times. If I wanted to go anywhere outside the US right now, even to Canada or Mexico, I would have to get a passport. Does that mean that I have never been outside the US. No, it would mean that my old one has expired.
Unless you are claiming that Ms. Palin traveled extensively in foreign countries before she received her 2007 passport, your example has no relevance.
I lived in Oman from 1992 through 1995 and the Netherlands from 1996 through 1999 and during that time visited 30 countries, some multiple times. If I wanted to go anywhere outside the US right now, even to Canada or Mexico, I would have to get a passport. Does that mean that I have never been outside the US. No, it would mean that my old one has expired.
Unless you are claiming that Ms. Palin traveled extensively in foreign countries before she received her 2007 passport, your example has no relevance.