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Gen. Stanley McChrystal and Ambassador Karl Eikenberry will meet with President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office Monday afternoon. The meeting comes ahead of a string of congressional hearings this week at which the two will testify on Obama's plan to surge 30,000 troops into Afghanistan and to begin bringing them home in July 2011.
1. Vice President Biden will be in Phoenix, Ariz. this morning to raise money for targeted Reps. Ann Kirkpatrick and Harry Mitchell just one day after he was in Las Vegas to raise cash for Nevada Rep. Dina Titus. All three House members represent competitive districts; Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) won Kirkpatrick's 1st with 54 percent and Mitchell's 5th with 51 percent while President Obama took 55 ...
Vice President Joe Biden offered a strong endorsement of the federal stimulus in Phoenix on Monday and introduced some of the Arizonans personally touched by the plan.
PHOENIX (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden predicted Monday that some Republican lawmakers will support the Obama administration's economic recovery efforts in the future as economic conditions improve across the country.
Freelance journalist Jimi Izrael, civil rights attorney Arsalan Iftikhar, syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette and NPR Political Editor Ken Rudin give their take on the latest headlines. This week, the guys discuss former GOP vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's return to the national stage, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to try 9/11 co-conspirators in civilian court and ...
Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Phoenix and praised the effects of the federal stimulus in the state.
Senate Dem leader bringing out new health bill RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - The Senate's top Democrat is poised to outline a new health care bill designed to meet President Barack Obama's goal of expanding coverage without adding to the deficit. Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada met Wednesday morning at the Capitol with Vice President Joe Biden to go over the ...
During a visit to Phoenix Monday morning, Vice President Joe Biden praised the federal stimulus for its early effects in Arizona and reminded state Democrats how well the economy has already responded.
On inconsistencies in job numbers, the sheriff speaks. Vice President Joe Biden to John Stewart: "Look, the bottom line is that we do check." Joe Biden - United States - Politics - Society and Culture - Presidential
Bracing for a tough election cycle in 2010, the White House sent Vice President Joe Biden to Las Vegas Sunday to boost the campaign coffers of Democratic Rep. Dina Titus.
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will meet with Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (REH'-jehp TY'-ihp UR'-doh-wahn), at the White House this morning.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will meet with Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (REH'-jehp TY'-ihp UR'-doh-wahn), at the White House this morning.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says the Obama administration's new surge-and-exit troop strategy in Afghanistan serves notice on the Karzai government that "you now have to step up to the ball."
Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday the Obama administration's new surge-and-exit troop strategy in Afghanistan is aimed more at wringing reforms from President Hamid Karzai than mollifying a war-weary American public.
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden said today the Obama administration’s new surge-and-exit troop strategy in Afghanistan is aimed more at wringing reforms from President Hamid Karzai than mollifying a war-weary American public.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday the Obama administration's new surge-and-exit troop strategy in Afghanistan is aimed more at wringing reforms from President Hamid Karzai than mollifying a war-weary American public.
