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Summary
The Greatest Maveratrix Ever, Sarah Palin during a press conference to announce that she is aborting the Alaska governor's office, Wasilla, Alaska, 3 July, 2009.

She has abdicated authority to fellow GOP the Lieutenant Governor, Sean Parnell, who will begin officially starting July 26, 2009.

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