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Obama comes out in favor of same-sex marriage

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

President Obama’s long, tortuous metamorphosis on same-sex marriage finally reached its evolved state right in between stinky cheese and “General Hospital.” Smoked out by his own vice president , Obama decided to come out of the closet on the issue to ABC News’s Robin Roberts, who rushed her scoop onto the air Wednesday afternoon during the closing minutes of “The Revolution,” ABC’s new talk show featuring a “stellar dream team of experts that will help complete transformations in all areas of life.” Read full article > >

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Biden comments on same-sex marriage expose internal White House divisions

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

When asked about his views on same-sex marriage, Vice President Biden said he is “absolutely comfortable” with men marrying men and women marrying women. When Education Secretary Arne Duncan was asked Monday whether he thinks that same-sex couples should be able to marry, he said, “Yes, I do.” Read full article > >

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Bin Laden Documents Published

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

Calls Biden “unprepared.”

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Romney Asks for Tax Extension

Friday, April 13th, 2012

After Obama and Biden release their records.

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Obamas Paid 20.5 Percent Tax Rate

Friday, April 13th, 2012

While Bidens paid about 23 percent.

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The bin Laden plot to kill President Obama

Friday, March 16th, 2012

Before his death, Osama bin Laden boldly commanded his network to organize special cells in Afghanistan and Pakistan to attack the aircraft of President Barack Obama and Gen. David Petraeus. “The reason for concentrating on them,” the al-Qaeda leader explained to his top lieutenant, “is that Obama is the head of infidelity and killing him automatically will make (Vice President Joe) Biden take over the presidency. … Biden is totally unprepared for that post, which will lead the U.S. into a crisis. As for Petraeus, he is the man of the hour … and killing him would alter the war’s path” in Afghanistan. Read full article > >

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U.S. Not Going Back to Iraq

Sunday, December 25th, 2011

Biden speaking with sectarian leaders.

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Sunday, December 25th, 2011

Biden speaking with sectarian leaders.

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Biden Parries Turkish Official’s Economic Boast

Sunday, December 4th, 2011

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. felt compelled to brush back a challenge from his Turkish hosts.

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In Iraq, Biden Says Tide of Conflict Is Receding

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

Iraq’s top officials and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. paid tribute to each other’s soldiers as they recognized the end of the Iraq war on Thursday.

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Biden, Maliki hail ‘new phase’ in U.S.-Iraq relations

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

BAGHDAD — Vice President Biden hailed what he described as a “new phase” in the relationship between America in Iraq on Wednesday at the launch of talks with the Iraqi government on ways to restructure ties between the two nations after U.S. troops have gone. Biden flew into Baghdad late Tuesday on an unannounced visit to mark the end of the Iraq war, as U.S. troops stream out of Iraq to meet the end-of-year deadline for their departure. Read full article > >

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Controller who misdirected Michelle Obama’s plane also had near miss last year

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

A veteran air traffic controller who directed Michelle Obama’s plane into the potentially dangerous turbulence of a massive military jet this year also made a mistake that nearly caused a midair collision involving a U.S. congressman last year. The circumstances of the April 18 incident in which a plane carrying the first lady and Jill Biden, wife of the vice president, came too close to a C-17 while approaching Andrews Air Force Base was outlined Thursday in a report by the National Transportation Safety Board . Read full article > >

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Biden open to running for president in 2016

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

Vice President Biden said in an interview airing Sunday that he would not rule out running for president in 2016. Biden, who is 68 years old and would be 73 on Election Day 2016, told CNN’s Candy Crowley that he’s not focused on his future plans, but that he’s not foreclosing another run of his own in five years either. Read full article > >

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Biden’s brother says he’s fine after powder spills from suspicious package sent to Fla. home

Sunday, October 2nd, 2011

OCEAN RIDGE, Fla. — The brother of Vice President Joe Biden says he was kept overnight at a Florida hospital after opening a suspicious package containing a powdery substance. The envelope was mailed to Francis Biden’s Ocean Ridge home. Biden tells The Palm Beach Post (http://bit.ly/pu4PY3 ) that his girlfriend retrieved the package from his mailbox Saturday afternoon, but that he opened it. Read full article > >

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Secret Service preparing for a busy 2012

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

The U.S. Secret Service faces the daunting task of providing security on the presidential campaign trail and for at least six major national security events in the coming year, its director said Wednesday. Director Mark Sullivan told House members that 2012 will be “a very demanding and challenging year” as the agency provides protection for President Obama, Vice President Biden, their families, former presidents, visiting foreign dignitaries, GOP candidates and the Republican Party’s eventual presidential nominee. Read full article > >

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