And our graduation rate went up from a 64 percent this year to a 73.5. (Applause.) And that's a concern to me, in the United States that weare losing so many young men, not only Afro-American men, but all men.
"We are going to protect our young, weare going to protect the next generation of Americans, so the Mama Grizzlies are growling, weare rising up on our hind legs and saying no, weare going to change course, we need that real hope, we need that real change, " said Palin at a Patriotic Gala Celebration in San Diego this month.