Palin: Obama's Nobel speech 'sounded really familiar'

President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize speech on Thursday "sounded really familiar," said former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R).

Palin said approved of Obama's speech in Oslo, where he described the concept of a "just war" in his troop surge strategy for Afghanistan, saying he mirrored her own thoughts on the use of force.

"I liked what he said, in fact, I thumbed through my book quickly this morning and said, 'Wow, that sounded really familiar!' because I talked in my book too about the fallen nature of man and how war is necessary at times," Palin told USA Today in an interview, audio of which is posted here.

"Couple of the other things he said, I thought, wow, that's a nice message so broad that I just wrote about those, and a lot of Americans right now are getting to read off of my take about when war is necessary," she said.

The praise is a bit of a change of pace for Palin, who's been a consummate critic of the president since joining the Republican ticket as its vice presidential nominee last fall.

And, true to form, Palin did have some advice for the president: Take more after his predecessor, President George W. Bush.

"George Bush did a great job of reminding Americans every single day he was in office what that lesson is," she said. "And by the way, I'd like to see President Obama follow more closely in the footsteps of George Bush and his passion for keeping the homeland safe, his passion for respecting and honoring our troops."

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