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Joe Biden is a Democratic senator who has represented Delaware since 1972 and is the candidate for vice president on the ticket with Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. Biden has served as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and as a member of the Senate Democratic Steering and Coordination Committee and Senate National Security Working Group. He grew up in New Castle County, Del. Biden graduated from the University of Delaware in 1965 and from the Syracuse University College of Law in 1968. Before being elected to the Senate, Biden practiced law in Wilmington.
Joe Biden is a Democratic senator who has represented Delaware since 1972 and is the candidate for vice president on the ticket with Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. Biden has served as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and as a member of the Senate Democratic Steering and Coordination Committee and Senate National Security Working Group. He grew up in New Castle County, Del. Biden graduated from the University of Delaware in 1965 and from the Syracuse University College of Law in 1968. Before being elected to the Senate, Biden practiced law in Wilmington.
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Commencement speakers: the rude, the unfunny and the insightful
Commencement season is the college equivalent of the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Institutions from the Ivy League to the local community college scramble to lure the shiniest star they can to their podiums on graduation day. And the match-ups...
Tags: Brian Williams, Democratic Party, Chicago Tribune, Michael Bloomberg, Mary Schmich
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On picking an unprepared veep
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- As aides to Mitt Romney busy themselves vetting prospective running mates, the man who recommended Sarah Palin to Republican presidential nominee John McCain four years ago says he stands by that advice. Inadvertently, he may be giving...Tags: Nikki Haley, The Wall Street Journal, Science and Technology, George Bush, Elections
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Biden addresses '9/11 generation' of West Point grads
Vice President Joe Biden praised the 972 Army cadets who graduated from West Point on Saturday for their decision to join the military, “knowing full well that you were likely to be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.” “Your generation,...
Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), International Military Interventions, Wars and Interventions, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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'CBS This Morning' the thinking person's way to start the TV day
The Baltimore SunI have been meaning to write a big piece about CBS News and "This Morning" for two weeks. But other assignments took precedence, so now I'll have to write a much smaller piece a day late after the network has already celebrated 100 days of its revamped...Tags: The Huffington Post, Gays and Lesbians, Max (tv network), Hospitals and Clinics, MSNBC (tv network)
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Biden tells West Point cadets: prepare for new threats
Reuters* Says ending Iraq, Afghanistan wars allows U.S. to refocus * U.S.-China relationship critical with trade booming * Salutes brave choices of "9/11 generation" soldiers By Laura MacInnis WASHINGTON, May 26 (Reuters) - Most of the cadets who graduated...Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), International Military Interventions, Wars and Interventions, The Pentagon, Asia
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More campaign surrogate blunders
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- Laments that President Obama has been beastly to Bain Capital in his effort to cast Mitt Romney as a blood-sucking private-equity vampire have lately been coming from Democrats as well as Republicans. Such minor voices in Obama's own...Tags: Jeremiah Wright, Democratic Party, General Motors Corp., Parties and Movements, Republican Party
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Obama team's Axelrod shows how to stay on message in Maddow interview
A presidential campaign is never just two people slugging it out on the national stage. It is always a battle of narratives, and the struggle, when all is said and done, is over which candidate can craft the most persuasive story. For Mitt Romney, the...
Tags: Jeremiah Wright, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Fox News Channel (tv network), Republican Party
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Which kind of capitalism? A debate for Obama and Romney
"This is not a distraction, this is what this campaign is going to be about," President Obama said Monday at the NATO summit. The "this" in question is Mitt Romney's tenure at Bain Capital and what it says about Romney's economic vision for the country....
Tags: Business, Democratic Party, Europe, Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich
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REUTERS AMERICA NEWS BUDGET - FRIDAY, MAY 25, P.M
Reuters** = New/Updated) UNITED STATES: ** VALPARAISO, Ind. - Gunman in standoff with Indiana police (USA-GUNMAN/INDIANA (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, 158 words) ** NEW YORK - New Jersey man charged in Etan Patz death after 33 years (USA-CRIME/BOY (UPDATE 2,...Tags: Democratic Party, Keira Knightley, Thomson Corporation, U.S. Airways, West Point
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Demise of a centrist nominee dream
That pop you may or may not have heard the other day was the bursting pipedream of a centrist presidential candidate outside the establishment parties. The organizers of a group calling itself Americans Elect decided to close shop after failing to find...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Political Candidates, Michael Bloomberg, George H.W. Bush, George Bush
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Obama campaign to target Romney's record as governor
Reuters* President's team broadens attacks beyond business record * Plans to question Romney's claims of Massachusetts success * Criticism of private equity work drew some backlash By Jeff Mason and Andy Sullivan CHICAGO, May 24 (Reuters) - After weeks of...Tags: Religion and Belief, Democratic Party, Services and Shopping, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance
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Today's Buzz: Is Biden an asset for Obama?
Orlando Sentinel Editorial BoardDebate has picked up lately over whether Vice President Joe Biden is an asset for President Barack Obama as he runs for re-election. A Gallup poll showed slightly more Americans disapprove than approve of him. Biden embarrassed Obama this month when he...Tags: Elections, Same-Sex Marriage, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Politics
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