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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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Obama names former campaign rival Gov. Richardson as commerce secretary
Associated Press WriterCHICAGO (AP) _ President-elect Barack Obama named New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as commerce secretary on Wednesday, filling a top economic post in troubled times and placing a second former campaign rival in his new Cabinet. Talking optimistically...Tags: Heads of State, Government, Bill Richardson, Lower House, Primaries
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Obama postula a Richardson para Comercio
The Associated PressEl presidente electo Barack Obama eligió como secretario de Comercio de su próximo gobierno a uno de los políticos hispanos más prominentes de Estados Unidos, el gobernador de Nuevo México Bill Richardson. Hablando en inglés y luego en español, Richardson...Tags: Bill Richardson, Janet Napolitano, Xavier Becerra, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama
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Obama names Bill Richardson to head Commerce
President-elect Barack Obama named New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as commerce secretary on Wednesday, placing a second former campaign rival in his new Cabinet. Obama called Richardson a leading "economic diplomat for America. During his time in state...Tags: Heads of State, Government, Robert Gates, Defense, Bill Richardson
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Obama vows to listen to governors and to act swiftly on helping states survive the recession
Associated Press WriterPHILADELPHIA (AP) _ President-elect Barack Obama promised swift action Tuesday on an economic plan "to solve this crisis and to ease the burden on our states," and he cast governors as his partners in crafting a recession-rebound strategy. "This...Tags: Sarah Palin, Bobby Jindal, State Budgets, Pennsylvania, Republican Party
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AP Analysis: With no political debt to hard-liners, Obama has freer hand to thaw Cuba policy
HAVANA (AP) _ Barack Obama will be the first American president in nearly 50 years to have a relatively free hand in deciding whether to ease punitive Cold War-era policies toward communist Cuba, and the foreign policy team he announced this week seems...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Family Vacations, Fidel Castro, Government, Bill Richardson
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Obama, governors confer on economy
The nation's governors met with President-elect Barack Obama yesterday to help craft an economic stimulus plan that would include money for ready-to-go transportation projects and programs for the poor stretched thin by increased demand. Several dozen...Tags: Sarah Palin, Transportation, State Budgets, Heads of State, Pennsylvania
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For the Obama team, it's raining resumes
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — One member of President-elect Barack Obama's transition team measures meetings by the number of résumés arriving on his BlackBerry. Another says job seekers have offered him tickets to Redskins games, which he has turned down. And...Tags: Election Day, 2009 U.S. Presidential Transition, Chicago Jobs, Bill Clinton, Facebook
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Obama promises governors he'll be listening
The nation's governors came to tell tales of financial woe, but President-elect Barack Obama was already sold on them playing a role in the national economic recovery plan.
After convening almost a complete set of state chief executives Tuesday, Obama...Tags: Heads of State, Pennsylvania, Government, Bill Richardson, Illinois
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Rell Meets With President-Elect Obama
Associated PressConnecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell was among the governors in Philadelphia on Tuesday asking President-elect Barack Obama to help their states through tough economic times. Obama promised quick work on an economic recovery plan and told the governors he...Tags: Executive Branch, Jodi Rell, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Government, Connecticut
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Old hawks wrong for foreign policy
When President-elect Barack Obama announced his new economic policy team, commentators quickly pointed out that the team included many old hands, names from the Clinton era, some even involved in major decisions linked to the current economic crisis....Tags: International Law, Civil Rights, Economic Policy, Jimmy Carter, Diplomacy
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Seeking change at Justice Dept, Obama taps Clinton-era veteran Holder as first black AG
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ President-elect Barack Obama, soon to be the nation's first black president, tapped Washington lawyer Eric Holder on Monday to become the nation's first black attorney general. If confirmed, Holder will inherit a Justice Department that...Tags: Justice System, Janet Reno, Government, Democratic Party, Eric Holder
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Foreseeing a Clinton State Department, Israelis and Arabs retool their expectations
Nearly a month after Barack Obama's election, his decision to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton for secretary of State is causing Arabs and Israelis to readjust expectations of his administration's policies toward the Middle East. During the campaign,...Tags: Heads of State, Likud, Government, Diplomacy, Civil Unrest
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