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BAGHDAD — President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden intervened personally to save an agreement allowing Iraq's elections to proceed, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Monday, highlighting the stakes in the deal for an eventual American troop withdrawal.
Joe Biden discusses President Obama's regional strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan with Harry Smith following Obama's prime-time speech.
What's Your Reaction? Vice President Joseph Biden will be appearing on all three network morning shows Wednesday to discuss the Obama administration's new Afghanistan policy, confirms a source who helps handle television bookings.
The Vice President spoke to Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero today to discuss President Obama’s decision on the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Vice President thanked President Zapatero for Spain’s important contributions to the NATO mission in Afghanistan, and encouraged continued Spanish support for this mission in the future.
White House says all president's advisers contributed to new Afghan plan, but troop surge seems closer to Gen. McChrystal's suggestion than vice president's | VIDEO • Hoyer Slams Cheney for Obama Criticism
Barack Obama on Tuesday makes a globally awaited address on his new Afghan war plan and big troop surge strategy, shouldering the most perilous burden yet of a presidency defined by crises.
President Barack Obama's day will be dominated by his speech on Afghanistan this evening, but he does have other things on tap. This afternoon he'll meet with Nobel laureates and their families in the Oval Office. Later, Obama meets in the Oval Office with senior advisers. Then he and Vice President Joe Biden meet with Defense Secretary Robert Gates. The president and vice president will also ...
Establishment Republicans are recoiling at a draft proposal before the Republican National Committee that would bar party financial support for candidates who fail to meet eight of 10 issue tests.
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." A day after President Barack Obama outlined his plan to send 30,000...
Sen. Arlen Specter's decision to leave the Republican Party in April handed President Obama a key vote in the Senate, and Specter was rewarded by quickly being endorsed by the president and Democratic leaders in his bid for re-election next year.
If Beau Biden runs, he'll have his father's political heft in his corner -- but that could backfire
Vice President Joe Biden pressed Iraq's leaders in a series of telephone calls on Saturday to break a deadlock that has stalled preparations for an election seen as critical for U.S. troops to withdraw, officials said.
WASHINGTON - Democrats and their staff members on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have spent more on international travel in 2009 than they have in any other year, reflecting a greater focus on up-close tours and investigations in foreign countries by its new chairman, John F. Kerry of Massachusetts, according to a Globe analysis of expense reports filed in Congress.
While running for president in 2007 and 2008, John McCain missed more votes than anyone in the Senate.But since falling short in his quest for the White House, McCain has missed only nine votes, or 2.5 percent of the 353 Senate roll-call votes through Nov. 21. During the 2007 and 2008 sessions of the 110th Congress, McCain missed 420 votes, or 63.9 percent, of 657 opportunities."I'm back at work ...
While running for president in 2007 and 2008, John McCain missed more votes than anyone in the Senate.
Socialites Tareq and Michaele Salahi penetrated layers of security Tuesday night with no invitation to mingle with the likes of Vice President Joe Biden at a White House 's state dinner.
