She’s growing bolder:

Sarah Palin took questions from her traveling press corps Thursday for the first time since being tapped as John McCain’s running mate.

Speaking to a small pool of reporters following a visit to Ground Zero in lower Manhattan, Palin made a statement and then answered four questions, addressing the war on terror, the re-election bids of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens and Rep. Don Young, and the bailout legislation currently in front of Congress.

Word is, she’s still short on specifics. Clickthrough for the transcript.