Composition size not matching footage-Please help

Hi I am really hoping someone can help me with such a basic problem. I open up After Effects CS4, then import a video clip which has dimensions of 1440x1080.  Then I drag the clip onto the new composition icon which is SUPPOSED to create a composition with the same parameters as the footage. But instead the footage is the wrong aspect ratio and appears to be squashed into a 4:3 box (or so it appears)
PLEASE Help if you can I am really aggravated
Thank you very much

Thank you again Dave. Please forgive all the dumb questions. I'm pretty good on the photo end but admittedly lacking much knowledge about video.
Here's where I'm getting confused right now
My video was shot out of the camera at 1440x1080.  That is a 4:3 ratio
If I render it to 720x480, this would be a 3:2 ratio. Wouldn't that distort my video?
You stated that if I wanted to keep my work at 16:9 that I should render to NTSC DV Widescreen but I didn't think I was ever at 16:9.  Wouldn't that be 1920x1080?
Since I thought my video was shot in HD would rendering to DV minimize the quality?
"Nest your current comp in the new comp"   Should I make a new composition in After Effects using a different format?
"Render in a lossless codec in AE"   My clip in After Effects was actually only about one minute long. I am using that clip in a Premier Pro project that is about 15 minutes long. I saved the .aep project and then imported it to Premier without rendering it.  Then I was going to render the entire 15 minute project all at once. Should I do this differently?
Should I do as Rick stated above and create a new composition in 1920x1080?  If I do wouldn't that leave two black bars on either side?
As I'm typing this I'm realizing that my entire Premier Pro project is the actual size of the video 1440x1080 so I'm not sure how I would create a new comp there.
Oh soooooo many questions

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