Vice Presidential Debate. “When I and others in the legislature found out we had some millions of dollars in Sudan, we called for divestment through legislation of those dollars to make sure we weren’t doing anything that would be seen as condoning the activities there in Darfur. –Sarah Palin, Vice Presidential Debate, October 3, 2008. Sarah Palin suggested that she was at the forefront of a campaign in Alaska to sell stock in companies that do business with Sudan in protest against the mass killing of civilians in the southern part of the country. But the record shows that her administration was against the divestment movement before it was for it. The Facts The Save Darfur Coaltion has been urging states to divest from companies that do business with Sudan for the last two years, arguing that the investments “help fund genocide.” An Alaska saving fund, The Alaska Permanent

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