Britain's Brown considers 500 more soldiers in Afghanistan Oct 15, 2009
The White House is this week debating a middle ground between a strategy advocated by Vice President Joseph Biden to narrow the focus to a fight against remaining Al Qaeda forces or to go broader in a deployment to reshape Afghanistan into a hearts and minds military-civilian campaign, reportedly backed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. A third option is an Afghanization strategy to build up the Afghan army. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Obama Prepares to Hit the Trail Oct 13, 2009
The White House drive to maintain Democratic control of Congress appears to be heating up, with President Barack Obama scheduled to attend three events later this month and Vice President Joseph Biden intensifying his presence on the money trail. LOG IN NOT A SUBSCRIBER. (Roll Call)
Heads or tails, Obama loses Oct 9, 2009
But some of Obama's civilian advisers, notably led by Vice President Joseph Biden, are urging a less ambitious "counter-terrorism" (CT) strategy that would maintain US troop strength at current levels while stepping up Predator drone strikes and special forces operations targeted at key Taliban leaders and their al-Qaeda allies both in Afghanistan and in their safe havens in neighboring Pakistan. The CT advocates argue that increasing the number of US troops could have a counter-productive... (Asia Times Online)
Vice President Biden in area to boost Dodd Oct 9, 2009
Friday 09 October, 2009. Not so coincidentally, he also had high praise for Connecticut Senator Chrisopher Dodd and Fourth District Congressman Jim Himes, who accompanied him when he spoke at a parking lot just off Exit 46 of the Merritt Parkway - a road currently being repaved with Recovery Act money. (Westport Minuteman, CT)
Stuck in Kabul, with Saigon blues again Oct 8, 2009
5 billion a month". Comerford projects "we'll hit $1 trillion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in March 2010". These $228 billion, Comerford points out, "equal 800,000 four-year university scholarships for US students" (no wonder China is overtaking the US). Not to mention that $228 billion would have turned Afghanistan into Singapore by now. Have chaos, will travel Steve Coll from the New America Foundation, writing in The New Yorker, argues that Obama should adopt a solution similar to... (Asia Times Online)
Castle Enters Delaware Senate Race Oct 7, 2009
Mike Castle (R), a fixture of Delaware politics and a prominent centrist in the House, announced Tuesday that he is running for the Senate seat formerly held by Vice President Joseph Biden a victory for Republican strategists in a Democratic-leaning state where Castle has been politically dominant. LOG IN NOT A SUBSCRIBER. (Roll Call)
Wendy Murphy: An open letter to Whoopi Goldberg about the meaning of 'rape' Oct 1, 2009
Joseph Biden, only 2 percent of rapists spend even one day behind bars. Violence against women and children is grossly under-reported and under-prosecuted, and the data consistently shows that crimes against property are punished much more harshly than crimes against female bodies. (Wakefield Daily Item, MA)
Zelizer: Obama should listen to Biden Sep 30, 2009
PRINCETON, New Jersey (CNN) -- Vice President Joseph Biden is emerging as an important voice within the White House on the war in Afghanistan. The New York Times reported that during a meeting in the situation room on September 13, Biden urged the president to consider reducing America's troop presence in Afghanistan. (CNN -- US)
What are the U.S. options in Afghanistan? Sep 30, 2009
A second alternative, but it's one I think I would argue should be married with the first, is the so-called 'Biden Plan' [President Obama is advocated by Vice President Joseph Biden that would scale back American forces and focus more attention on rooting out insurgents] in which we would establish a very comprehensive system of surveillance in Afghanistan and that we would monitor al-Qaeda presence and activities and, to the extent that they appeared to pose a threat, we take them out. That... (MSNBC -- International)
Biden Honored at GU Law Sep 30, 2009
Vice President Joseph Biden was honored with the Legal Momentum Hero Award at the Georgetown Law Center on Wednesday in recognition of his service in the area of womens rights. Legal Momentum, a nonprofit womens rights advocacy organization, recognized Biden at a symposium celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act. (The Hoya, Washington DC)
Guests for First Episode of TV One's New Sunday Public Affairs Series Washington Watch with Roland Martin Premiering Sunday, Sept. 27 Include Vice President Joseph Biden and House Majority Whip James Clyburn Sep 26, 2009
Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Vice President Joseph Biden and U.S. House of Representatives Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) are the scheduled guests on the premiere episode of TV One's new Sunday public affairs series Washington Watch with Roland Martin, which premieres Sunday, Sept. 27 at 11 AM, repeating at 5 PM (all times ET). Related Quotes. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Stay and fight or cut and run? Sep 24, 2009
General McChrystal's bleak assessment coupled with Washington's frustration with the Afghan leader Hamid Karzai and the fraud-ridden election over which he presided, has reignited a rift between Vice-President Joseph Biden and Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State, over how the war should be waged. It has also left Mr Obama facing a fateful choice: whether to go along with his generals and send yet more troops, or stand current policy on its head. (The Drudge Report)
Biden: Health care premium costs 'soaring' Sep 23, 2009
Vice President Joseph Biden gestures while speaking on health reform, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners annual conference in National Harbor, Md. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) Vice President Joseph Biden gestures while speaking on health reform, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners annual conference in National Harbor, Md ... (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) Vice President Joseph Biden gestures while speaking on health reform,... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Obama: Education unlocks potential Sep 23, 2009
President Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joseph Biden, left, pose for a group photograph with HVCC students following his speech at Hudson Valley. President Obama ascends the stage to make his speech at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy on Sept. 21, 2009. (Albany Times Union)
Obama to visit region today Sep 21, 2009
Obama will be joined by Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joseph Biden. Biden has been an educator for almost 30 years, and continues to teach at a community college near the White House. (Albany Business Review, NY)
Obama nods to Tech Valley Sep 20, 2009
By AND , Business writers First published in print: Sunday, September 20, 2009. When Wally Altes coined the term Tech Valley to describe this region in February 1998, it wasn't immediately embraced. (Albany Times Union)
Details emerge on Obama visit to Hudson Valley Community College Sep 19, 2009
Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joseph Biden, will join Obama at the HVCC speech. Biden has been an educator for almost 30 years, and continues to teach at a community college near the White House. (Albany Business Review, NY)
GOP Candidate Campaigns on Obama's Slogan Sep 16, 2009
Vice-president Joseph Biden has made at least two such trips. The Christie campaign did not lay low during the president s visit, however. (Human Events Online)
Guy Cosentino: What the ‘You lie’ sideshow means Sep 16, 2009
You could see the consternation on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi s face, where her eyes normally seem the size of saucers grew to oversized dinner plates and Vice President Joseph Biden just shook his head in disgust. In the end, it wasn t a real surprise that it was a member of the House. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Sudan: Be Tough On Al-Bashir, Activists Tell Obama Sep 15, 2009
John Prendergast, a Sudan ex-pert who served in the Clinton White House, noted in a recent CNN commentary that opposition in the US Senate to government-instigated atrocities in Darfur had been led by Hillary Clinton, Joseph Biden and President Obama. With those three figures now occupying the highest seats of power in Washington, "we felt there finally would be a consequence for the perpetrators of genocide: the regime officials in Khartoum, Sudan," Prendergast wrote in an analysis co-signed by... (allAfrica.com)
Broun's claims at issue Sep 13, 2009
Whatever,' " illegals will reply, he said. Taxes and jobs Broun said at town hall meetings that health care reform would cost taxpayers $818 billion. A joint congressional committee on taxes says the House version of the bill would bring in $543 billion over 10 years, mostly from millionaires. That estimate does not take into account new taxes on businesses and other taxes that bring the total up to $820 million, according to Broun's office. Broun says up to 5.5 million jobs will disappear if... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Tears, resolve on eighth anniversary of 9/11 Sep 12, 2009
" onclick="Next();" src="/images/butt_next. This is tears," one man said, clutching a photograph of his lost relative, the rainy weather so different from that crisp, autumn day eight years ago. At nightfall, powerful lights were to send two beams skyward from Ground Zero, which eight years later remains a vast hole, with only the first elements of foundations in place for new towers. In a sign of how jittery the nation remains after the worst ever attack on its soil, a Coast Guard training... (Channelnewsasia.com)
* US, China extend dialogue to cover counterterrorism Sep 12, 2009
Wu held talks with US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden on Thursday and met with House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi a day earlier, saying his visit had achieved satisfactory results. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Obama Honors 9/11 Victims, Those Who Serve Sep 12, 2009
(AP Photo/Chang W. Lee)Vice President Joseph Biden attended the ceremony at the World Trade Center site this morning. Biden spoke during a pause in the reading of the names, telling the several hundred victims' relatives gathered that "there's a special fraternity for those of us who've lost spouses and children." Biden's daughter and first wife died in a 1972 automobile accident. (CBS News)
Sudan: Advocacy Groups Press Obama Administration for Tougher Approach [interview] Sep 12, 2009
com: Sudan: Advocacy Groups Press Obama Administration for Tougher Approach (Page 1 of 1). Advocacy Groups Press Obama Administration for Tougher Approach. (allAfrica.com)
On 9/11, day of mourning becomes day of service Sep 11, 2009
Vice President Joseph Biden was to attend the ceremony. A wreath was to be laid at a memorial to the Pentagon, where 184 people died when a jet slammed into the building. (Albany Times Union)
To be victorious in Afghanistan Sep 11, 2009
That already has his White House divided: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leans toward deploying more U.S. warriors; Vice President Joseph Biden leans against ... That already has his White House divided: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leans toward deploying more U.S. warriors; Vice President Joseph Biden leans against ... That already has his White House divided: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leans toward deploying more U.S. warriors; Vice President Joseph Biden leans against. (Juneau Empire)
Obama eyes November deal Sep 11, 2009
Vice President Joseph Biden predicted that the Congress which rebuffed Obama's July deadline for action would approve a comprehensive bill long before the Thanksgiving holiday in late November. "I think we'll have a bill before Thanksgiving," Biden, a former senator, told NBC television, one day after President Barack Obama's clarion call for action in a speech to a rare joint session of the US Congress. (iAfrica.com)
Biden Visits With Kennedy’s Staff Sep 5, 2009
Vice President Joseph Biden visited the Senate this week to provide some encouraging words to the staff of Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass. (Roll Call)
$535M Solyndra loan guarantee finalized Sep 5, 2009
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden offered remarks via satellite. If you build a better solar panel, the world will beat a path to your door. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Was an Anti-Abortion Bishop Too Vocal for the Vatican? Sep 2, 2009
During the 2008 campaign, Martino focused particular attention on vice presidential nominee Joseph Biden, the Scranton native and Catholic Democrat. The bishop declared that Biden would be denied communion if he tried to receive it at any church in the diocese, which covers the northeast quarter of the state "I will be truly vigilant on this point," said Martino. (Time.com)
Senate urged to let states keep climate plans Sep 2, 2009
The other attorneys general that wrote the letter were Terry Goddard of Arizona and Joseph Biden III of Delaware. (Reporting by Timothy Gardner; Editing by Lisa Shumaker). (Scientific American)
Little League Champs To Return To Chula Vista Today Sep 1, 2009
Playing at Howard J. Lamade Stadium before a crowd of 32,400 that included Vice President Joseph Biden, Rios went three-for-three, scored the go-ahead run, drove in an insurance run and made the key defensive play in Sunday's victory. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued a statement congratulating the team for its "amazing Little League World Series win.". (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
Final rites for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy Aug 31, 2009
Vice President Joseph Biden and three of his predecessors -- Al Gore, Dan Quayle and Walter Mondale -- also attended. Among the honorary pallbearers was Stephen G. Breyer, a former Kennedy aide who is now a Supreme Court justice. (FOX61, CT)
Chula Vista Wins Little League World Championship 6-3 Aug 31, 2009
In front of a crowd of 32,400 that included Vice President Joseph Biden, Park View added insurance runs in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI double by Godfrey and a run-scoring single by Rios, who was not retired in any of his at- bats over the weekend. "They can hit. It's only a matter of time. We knew they'd come back," fan Jason Desena told 10News at Oggi's Pizza in Chula Vista. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
Political Luminaries Pay Tribute To Kennedy Aug 30, 2009
Vice President Joseph Biden said Kennedy became a "big brother" to him when he first joined the Senate 36 years ago, and encouraged him to keep his seat after his wife and daughter had been killed in a car accident. He called Kennedy a "historic figure, a heroic figure" and said the Kennedy era would live on in the next generations. (KCRA 3, CA)
Kennedy funeral: Great legislator, 'giving heart' Aug 30, 2009
Edward Kennedy sits between his family, from left, Kara Kennedy Allen, Edward Kennedy Jr., Vicki Reggie Kennedy, former President Bill Clinton, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden and his wife Jill, former first lady Rosalynn Carter and former President Jimmy Carter during the Roman Catholic Funeral Mass for Sen. Edward Kennedy at Our Lady of Perpetual... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Obama Honors ‘the Greatest Legislator of Our Time’ Aug 30, 2009
Hundreds of family members, friends and colleagues attended the funeral service, including Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, former Vice President Al Gore, Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Vice President Joseph Biden and former Vice President Dan Quayle. A delegation of 52 Senators, 21 former Senators and dozens of House Members was led by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev. (Roll Call)
Kennedy mourners call it 'important to honor him' Aug 30, 2009
A private service was expected to begin at 7 p.m., with Vice President Joseph Biden, Gov. Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino scheduled to speak. The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Mission Hill. (Arlington Advocate, MA)
Crist Appoints Former Chief of Staff to Succeed Martinez Aug 29, 2009
was appointed as a placeholder to fill Vice President Joseph Biden s Senate seat earlier this year. Kaufman, like LeMieux, is a former chief of staff; he worked for Biden. (Roll Call)
Number of Appointed Senators Growing but Not Nearly a Record Aug 29, 2009
were appointed to fill the vacant seats of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden. And Sens. (Roll Call)
Kennedy’s Office to Provide Live Webcast of Memorial Aug 29, 2009
The service, set to begin at 7 p.m., will feature eulogies by Vice President Joseph Biden and some of Kennedy s closest colleagues, including Sens. Chris Dodd (D-Conn. (Roll Call)
Click to read:Family, Political Luminaries Honor Kennedy Aug 29, 2009
Vice President Joseph Biden, shown speaking at Sen. Edward Kennedy's memorial service, Aug. 28, 2009. (CBS News)
Almost 100 Past and Present Colleagues to Attend Funeral Aug 29, 2009
President Barack Obama will eulogize Kennedy at the funeral, while Vice President Joseph Biden, Dodd, Hatch, Kerry and McCain are scheduled to make remarks at a memorial service at the John F. Kennedy Library on Friday, along with Kennedy s nephew former Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass. (Roll Call)
Ceremonies Under Way For Kennedy Aug 28, 2009
Vice President Joseph Biden and Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz. (Roll Call)
Kennedy will be buried near brothers Aug 28, 2009
Vice President Joseph Biden choked up as he recalled Kennedy. As a U.S. senator from Delaware until earlier this year, Biden worked alongside Kennedy for 36 years through fights on health care, legal affairs and national security. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Santangelo: Modernizing Electronic Health Records Key to Unlocking Industry Efficiencies Aug 28, 2009
The announcement last week by Vice President Joseph Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that $1. 2 billion in ARRA funding via two grant programs is an additional step in this direction. (Roll Call)
Africa: Poor Hillary, Just Good Enough for Africa [opinion] Aug 18, 2009
Then there is Vice-President Joseph Biden, who previously served as the chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, which is a powerful post. Biden has successfully leveraged his foreign policy experience to encroach on Mrs Clinton's turf, with Obama's tacit approval. (allAfrica.com)
Specter, Sestak Woo Netroots Nation Aug 15, 2009
Specter tried to make his case to the progressive crowd, repeatedly citing his decades-long relationships with Vice President Joseph Biden and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D). He said he became a Democrat when he voted for President Barack Obama s economic stimulus package, although he did not officially change parties until two months after the vote. (Roll Call)
Blotter: Despite Obama's Promises, Revolving Door Still Turning Aug 12, 2009
MacBride, a former senior aide to Vice President Joseph Biden when he was a senator, was a and executive officer for the Business Software Alliance in 2007. Lobby filings show he was registered to lobby Congress for that business group through December of that year, although administration officials maintain he stopped lobbying for the group that July. (ABC News)
Private Jessica says President is misusing her 'heroism' Aug 7, 2009
11 Sep 2007: General David Petraeus, commander of US forces in Iraq, faces scrutiny from Democratic presidential hopeful Joseph Biden. . (Yahoo News -- Jessica Lynch)
What the Gates-Crowley "Teachable Moment" Really Teaches Aug 5, 2009
Readers on the left will be shocked, if not incredulous, to learn that neither I nor any conservative I know realized why the president asked Vice President Joseph Biden to join him, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., and Cambridge police Sgt. James Crowley for their fabled beer summit at the White House. I had simply assumed that the president invited Biden in order to lessen any tension by having someone with no connection to the case join the meeting. (Human Events Online)
Georgia's best defense against Russia: democracy Aug 4, 2009
On July 20, Saakashvili announced reforms of the media, elections, and the judiciary just before a visit by US Vice President Joseph Biden. The Georgian leader pledged a more effective system of checks and balances between the executive branch and the legislature constitutional changes that will have to be worked out with the opposition. (Christian Science Monitor)
What If Obama Really Was Born in Kenya? Aug 4, 2009
But the most a judge could do would be to remove Obama from office, making Joseph Biden the president. Keyes would be in the same boat he's in now. (Slate)
China dips its toe in the Black Sea Aug 1, 2009
It all began with United States Vice President Joseph Biden choosing a tour of Ukraine and Georgia on July 20-23 to rebuke the Kremlin publicly for its "19th-century notions of spheres of influence". Biden's tour of Russia's troubled "near abroad" took. (Asia Times Online)
Clinton in Charge Jul 28, 2009
Photograph of Hillary Clinton and Joseph Biden by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. What did you think of this article. (Slate)
* World Business Quick Take Jul 27, 2009
Vice President Joseph Biden yesterday defended a US$787 billion stimulus package adopted to jump-start the troubled US economy, but admitted recovery was a long way off. We still have a long way to go, but clearly we are closer to recovery today than we were in January, Biden wrote in an op-ed piece in the New York Times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
US VP Biden admits economic recovery is a long way off Jul 26, 2009
" onclick="Next();" src="/images/butt_next. " Passed by Congress earlier this year and signed by President Barack Obama into law, the package combines government-funded infrastructure projects with tax relief and assistance to those affected by the slump. But it has been under fire from Republics who dubbed it inefficient and wasteful. "But the way I see it, our balanced approach recognises that there is no silver bullet, no single thing, that can address the many and complex needs of America. (Channelnewsasia.com)
Zimbabwe: Obama's Approach to Zim Shameful Jul 25, 2009
The legislation was co-sponsored by the Republican rightwing senator, Jesse Helms, and the Democratic senators Hilary Clinton (now Secretary of State), Joseph Biden (now Vice-President) and Russell Feingold. Helms died in early July, 2008. (allAfrica.com)
• Biden brings tough love to Georgia Jul 24, 2009
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden has told Georgia that "America stands with you and will continue to stand." Biden arrived in Georgia Wednesday from Ukraine on a mission to reassure both former Soviet nations that the United States will not abandon them as it seeks to improve badly strained ties with Russia. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov). (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Georgia to ask Biden for weapons, observers Jul 23, 2009
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden has told Georgia that "America stands with you and will continue to stand." Biden arrived in Georgia Wednesday from Ukraine on a mission to reassure both former Soviet nations that the United States will not abandon them as it seeks to improve badly strained ties with Russia ... U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden has told Georgia that "America stands with you and will continue to stand." Biden arrived in Georgia Wednesday from Ukraine on a mission to reassure both... (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Ukraine 'must choose own allies' Jul 22, 2009
Joseph Biden has said the US will not sideline its allies. Ukraine should be able to choose its own alliances, regardless of what other countries think, US Vice-President Joseph Biden has declared in Kiev. (BBC News -- Europe)
US to repeat support for Ukraine Jul 21, 2009
Joseph Biden has said the US will not sideline its allies. US Vice-President Joseph Biden has set out on a visit to Ukraine and Georgia, aiming to give a show of support to its pro-Western allies. (BBC News -- Europe)
BIDEN: IT'S WORKING! Jul 17, 2009
" -- VP candidate Joseph Biden, Aug. 27, 2008, Democratic National Convention *** Are DOMESTIC 'HIT SQUADS' THE REAL 'ASSASSINATION RING' STORY? THE EXTRAJUDICIAL PUNISHMENT NETWORK: AN IDEOLOGICALLY-DRIVEN SOCIAL PURGE THAT VIOLATES THE HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF INNOCENT BUT 'TARGETED' U.S. CITIZENS... ON THE STREETS OF NYC, DC, PHILLY, BOSTON... ...AND IN CITIES AND TOWNS ACROSS AMERICA. And federal citizen volunteer programs fund the GPS-activated "community gang stalkers" who are terrorizing... (The Drudge Report)
Israeli warships in Suez are latest signal to Iran Jul 16, 2009
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden made what appeared to be a faux pas two weeks ago during an interview with an American TV program. Biden said it was not for the United States to dictate what other countries should or should not do when they are "existentially threatened." A day later, a State Department official clarified that Biden's comments were not a "green light" for an Israeli strike against Iran. (Xinhuanet, China)
