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In an attempt to counter claims that Palin fired Monegan because he did not fire Walt Monegan because he refused to fire Palin's former brother-in-law, Stapleton said that the unauthorized trip was proof of Monegan's "outright insubordination."

According to the FBI, Alaska leads the nation in forcible rapes. A report issued last year by Amnesty International said that from 2000 to 2003, Alaska Native people in Anchorage were more than nine times more likely to be sexually assaulted than others living in the city, and that one in three Alaska Native women will be raped in their lifetime.

The Anchorage Daily News also reported on Tuesday that the Palin-McCain campaign also released emails, one of which accuses Monegan's department of "constantly going off the reservation." Monegan is Alaska Native, and his department is charged with keeping law and order in Alaska Native villages.

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