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							<title>The Miracle on Guns</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[E.J. Dionne]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- A not-so-small miracle is unfolding before our eyes. After nearly two decades in which established opinion insisted that it would never again be possible to pass sensible regulations of firearms, the unthinkable is on the verge of happening.
This week, Sen. Patrick Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is expected to announce plans to start marking up gun bills to send to the Senate floor, proposals that will include ideas put before the country by President Obama and Vice President Biden. The president's agenda, in turn, was inspired by advocates and legislators, mayors and police chiefs, who have been working quietly in the wilderness for years.
Told over...]]></description>
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							<title>Dismal Indeed: Why Dick Cheney Disdains The &#039;Second-Rate&#039; Obama Team</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Joe Conason]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[No doubt President Obama was deeply stung over the weekend to hear Dick Cheney criticize his new national security team. At a Wyoming Republican Party dinner, the former vice president briskly dismissed Obama's choices as "dismal," saying that America needs "good people" rather than the "second-rate" figures selected by the president, particularly Vietnam veteran and long-time U.S. senator Chuck Hagel, nominated by the president as Secretary of Defense.
For sage advice on security policy and personnel, after all, there is no living person whose approval could be more meaningful than Cheney. It is hard to imagine a record as profoundly impressive as that of the Bush-Cheney administration,...]]></description>
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							<title>The War Inside the GOP</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[David Shribman]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[You were thinking there was a war going on for the soul of the Republican Party. You were right, and it just went nuclear.
First, Karl Rove, who until last week was no one's idea of a moderate, began an initiative to find Republican candidates with a good chance of winning in general elections, which is political Esperanto for Republicans without a hint of tea on their breath.
Then L. Brent Bozell III, leader of a group called "ForAmerica," went on the attack himself. He proclaimed that the "days of conservatives listening to the moderate GOP establishment are over," described many of the most familiar names in Republican politics as members of a "second Democrat Party in Washington," and...]]></description>
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							<title>Biden&#039;s Remarks at the Munich Security Conference</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Hotel Bayerischer Hof 
Munich, Germany
9:22 A.M. (Local)
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, Wolfgang, let me begin by saying thank you and our expectations are very high as well. (Laughter.) The good news is we&rsquo;re not going anywhere. The bad news is we&rsquo;re not going anywhere. (Laughter.) So you have nothing to worry about along those lines.
It&rsquo;s a delight to be back, and it&rsquo;s a particular delight to be back here starting this morning off observing a tribute to an old friend. One of the great privileges of my career is that I was elected the same year that Sam Nunn was, in 1972, to the United States Senate. And in 1976, one of my -- our closest friends in the Senate arrived....]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Former Vice President Al Gore</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Make a CommentListen: MP3JEFFREY BROWN: And now to our interview with former Vice President Al Gore.Since he conceded the 2000 presidential election, Mr. Gore's of course become best known for his advocacy on climate change issues, work that led to both a Nobel Prize and an Academy Award. Lately, his business and corporate connections have also been in the news, when he sold his cable channel, Current TV, to Al-Jazeera, the network owned by the government of Qatar in the Persian Gulf.Gore is back in print now with a new book titled "The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change," examining major shifts in science, technology, the global economy, and American democracy.I spoke to him earlier...]]></description>
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							<title>Guests: Senators Chuck Schumer &amp; Ted Cruz</title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Open in new window        MR. DAVID GREGORY: And, good Sunday morning. This is Inauguration Day for President Obama, the public ceremony is tomorrow. But according to the Constitution, his second term officially begins today. Moments ago, the vice president was officially sworn-in. And at noon today, the president will take his official oath of office during a small private ceremony in the Blue Room of the White House. So the stage is set as well at the U.S. Capitol for the inaugural address and public swearing-in tomorrow. The president kicked off the weekend festivities yesterday with a day of service, and the first lady hosted a special concert for children of military families last...]]></description>
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							<title>Guest: Rep. Joaquin Castro, and David Plouffe</title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[(CBS News) Below is a transcript of "Face the Nation" on January 20, 2013, hosted by CBS News' Bob Schieffer. Guests include White House senior adviser David Plouffe, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, The Washington Post's Bob Woodward, former Bill Clinton Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan, a panel on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., featuring author Taylor Branch, LeHigh University's Dr. James Peterson, and former LBJ aide Joe Califano, and finally, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro and his twin brother, Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Tex.SCHIEFFER: Today on FACE THE NATION, Barack Obama and the second time around. They're putting the final...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Senator Richard Blumenthal</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[The Last Word]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[        THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE O`DONNELLJanuary 9, 2013    Guests: Ari Melber, Senator Richard Blumenthal, Barney Frank, Richard Wolffe	LAWRENCE O`DONNELL, MSNBC HOST:  Oh, boy, pressure is on.  I promised you last night I would announce tonight whether I would pursue the Massachusetts Senate seat that will be vacated by John Kerry when he becomes secretary of state.  And because I do everything at the last minute, I still haven`t made up my mind.  And I now have about 59 minutes left to think about it.  	Meanwhile, the biggest Republican in the country, and I mean the very, very biggest, is still saying bad things about Republicans.  	(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)	ALEX WAGNER, MSNBC`S NOW: ...]]></description>
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							<title>Missing In Action</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[David Ignatius]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- It would be hard to imagine a more dispiriting prelude to a new presidential term than this week's sorry "fiscal cliff" deal to defer (and perhaps multiply) the nation's financial problems. After President Obama failed to negotiate a serious "grand bargain," he had to be rescued with a mini-bargain brokered by Vice President Joe Biden, the loquacious master of old-time, cracker barrel politics.
Obama had seemed poised a few weeks ago to become at last the political leader the country needs. He won a brilliant election victory, using political tools so sophisticated that Republican strategists have been trying ever since to "reverse engineer" them so they can avoid humiliating...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Maryland Governor Martin O&#039;Malley</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[        HARDBALLDecember 19, 2012    Guests: Martin O`Malley, Hedrick Smith, David Ignatius, Rajiv ChandrasekaranCHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST:  Getting serious.Let`s play HARDBALL.Good evening.  I`m Chris Matthews in Washington."Let Me Start" tonight with this -- as I said, getting serious on guns in the hands of dangerous people.  The president`s given Vice President Biden a month to deal with the lethal combination of semiautomatic guns, high-capacity ammunition clips, mental illness and a violent culture.  It`s the brew that blew in Newtown, Connecticut.  Is there something we can do?The fiscal cliff -- the president now says we`re so close, it makes no sense to fail.  Well, let`s see tonight...]]></description>
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							<title>McGovern &amp; Goldwater: Losers or Winners?</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Pat Buchanan]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Early in Ronald Reagan's second term, Bill Rusher, the publisher of National Review, was interviewing the president in the Oval Office for a documentary on the conservative movement.
Rusher asked how he would describe Barry Goldwater's role.
Reagan thought a moment and replied: I guess you would have to call him the John the Baptist of our movement.
I resisted the impulse to lean in and ask, "Sir, if Barry Goldwater was John the Baptist, who would that make you?"
The death of George McGovern brought back thoughts of these two men who suffered two of the greatest defeats in presidential history.
McGovern was an unapologetic liberal from South Dakota. Goldwater was Mr. Conservative and proud...]]></description>
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							<title>Son of the Prairie, Lion of American Politics</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[David Shribman]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Shortly after his 1984 landslide defeat to Ronald Reagan, Walter F. Mondale found himself standing alongside George S. McGovern at a luggage carousel on the bottom level of the old Washington National Airport. Mr. Mondale posed a plaintive question to Mr. McGovern.
"George," he asked the former South Dakota senator, who lost 49 states in his presidential race more than a dozen years earlier, "how long does it take for the hurt to wear off?"
"Fritz," Mr. McGovern said to the former vice president, who also lost 49 states, "I'll call you when it does."
For McGovern, who died on Sunday at age 90, the hurt never fully went away, lingering with him largely because his loss was to Richard M....]]></description>
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							<title>Will Obama Paint Romney As Warmonger?</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Pat Buchanan]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Usually, not always, the peace party wins.
Gen. Sherman's burning of Atlanta and March to the Sea ensured Abraham Lincoln's re-election in 1864.
William McKinley, with his triumph over Spain and determination to pacify and hold the Philippines, easily held off William Jennings Bryan in 1900.
Yet Woodrow Wilson won in 1916 on the slogan, "He Kept Us Out of War!" And Dwight Eisenhower won a landslide with his declaration about the stalemate in Harry Truman's war: "I shall go to Korea."
Richard Nixon pledged in 1968 that "new leadership will end the war and win the peace." Vice President Hubert Humphrey, behind by double digits on Oct. 1, promised to halt the bombing of North Vietnam. He...]]></description>
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							<title>Joe Biden&#039;s Religion: Catholicism or Leftism?</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Dennis Prager]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the vice presidential debate, the two candidates, both Roman Catholics, were asked about their religious beliefs, how they impact the candidates' political positions and specifically about abortion. This was the response of Vice President Joe Biden:
"My religion defines who I am. And I've been a practicing Catholic my whole life. And it has particularly informed my social doctrine. Catholic social doctrine talks about taking care of those who -- who can't take care of themselves, people who need help.
"With regard to abortion, I accept my church's position on abortion as a -- what we call de fide doctrine. Life begins at conception. That's the church's judgment. I accept it in my...]]></description>
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							<title>Biden Puts Ryan on the Defensive</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[E.J. Dionne]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- What a difference a week makes. In the first presidential debate, President Obama let Mitt Romney's attacks on him stand, and seemed disengaged. Vice President Joe Biden stayed in Rep. Paul Ryan's face for the entirety of Thursday's vice presidential debate. In the process, he forced Ryan, and by extension the Romney campaign, onto the defensive for a large part of the evening. Obama has a lot to be grateful for.
Last week, Romney repeated over and over that the president's health care bill cut $716 billion. Obama didn't push back much to explain that the cuts came from providers and insurance companies, not beneficiaries. This week, Ryan was forced again and again to answer...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Rep. Mike Rogers</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MORGAN: Vice President Biden's son Beau will join me in a moment to discuss. But, first, today's big news, Governor Romney on the warpath over Libya, saying Joe Biden is in complete denial when he said during the debate last night the White House had no clue the U.S. consulate in Benghazi wanted more security before the deadly attack that killed the ambassador. Let's get right to our first guest to talk about it.
Republican Congressman Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Select Committee on Intelligence.
Mr. Rogers, thank you for joining me. Let me ask you straight away about your reaction to this issue that's now blowing up pretty big today, about what Joe Biden said about what was known by...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Representative Chris Van Hollen</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[BLITZER: No one may know better what Paul Ryan is in for tonight than Congressman Chris Van Hollen. Take a look at this picture, first brought to you exclusively by CNN. You see the Democratic congressman standing in for Paul Ryan as part of Vice President Biden's debate preparations. And this picture came out later from Biden's Twitter feed. The mock contests were part of four days of intense debate preparations Biden has had in his home state of Delaware.
Chris Van Hollen is joining us now from Danville, Kentucky, for tonight's big event. Congressman, thanks very much for coming in.
So, here's a key question: Will the vice president do tonight what the president didn't do last week,...]]></description>
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							<title>Shields and Brooks Review the Vice Presidential Debate</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Make a CommentListen: MP3JUDY WOODRUFF: And with that, this sole debate between Vice President Biden and his Republican challenger, Congressman Paul Ryan, is over.We are watching them as they begin to leave the stage. I expect their wives and families will come up to join them.Gwen, this has been a debate that was contentious from the first moment it began on foreign policy. And it's moved across the spectrum from foreign policy to domestic. And we have seen quite a disagreement between these two gentlemen.GWEN IFILL: Well, the one thing about having only one vice presidential debate is you get to cover a broad range of issues. It's not just about domestic policy. It's not just about...]]></description>
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							<title>The Vice Presidential Debate Between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Centre College
Danville, Kentucky
MARTHA RADDATZ, MODERATOR: Good evening, and welcome to the first and only vice presidential debate of 2012, sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. I'm Martha Raddatz of ABC News, and I am honored to moderate this debate between two men who have dedicated much of their lives to public service.
Tonight's debate is divided between domestic and foreign policy issues. And I'm going to move back and forth between foreign and domestic, since that is what a vice president or president would have to do. We will have nine different segments. At the beginning of each segment, I will ask both candidates a question, and they will each have two minutes to...]]></description>
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							<title>Missing in Action: Stimulus Sheriff Joe Biden</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Michelle Malkin]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Remember when President Obama bragged about Joe Biden's fiscal discipline cred in 2009? "To you, he's Mr. Vice President, but around the White House, we call him the Sheriff," Obama warned government employees. "Because if you're misusing taxpayer money, you'll have to answer to him."
Fast-forward to 2012. Call in the search teams. Since being appointed the nation's stimulus spending cop, Sheriff Joe has taken a permanent donut break. He's AWOL on oversight. In fact, he's been bubble-wrapped, boxed and kept completely out of sight. The garrulous gaffe machine hasn't sat down for a national media interview in five months.
The Democrats' trillion-dollar "American Recovery and Reinvestment...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Senator Bernie Sanders</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[The Ed Show]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[        THE ED SHOW with ED SCHULTZSeptember 21, 2012    Guests: Ted Strickland; Ari Melber, Bernie Sanders	ED SCHULTZ, MSNBC HOST:  Good Evening Americans and welcome to "the Ed Show" live from Minneapolis.  	Forty-six days until the 2012 election, Mitt Romney`s week from hell just ended with a bang.  Tonight, the Republican candidate`s newest tax returns is leaving more questions than answers.  Romney also tells "60 Minutes" his campaign doesn`t need a turn around.  This is "the Ed Show."  Let`s get to work.  	(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)	JOE BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:  I believe he genuinely believes that nearly half this country is made up of people who see themselves as victims....]]></description>
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							<title>Vice President Biden&#039;s Remarks at the Flight 93 Memorial</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Flight 93 National MemorialShanksville, Pennsylvania
10:30 A.M. EDT
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Mr. Secretary. Superintendent -- Jeff, you&rsquo;ve done a remarkable job here. And the thing I notice when I speak to you about is you&rsquo;re invested in this place. It sort of has a -- sort of stolen a piece of your heart. And that&rsquo;s why I&rsquo;m confident that all that you plan will happen.
Patrick, you&rsquo;re keeping the flame alive, and keeping the families together is -- from my experience, I imagine you all find solace in seeing one another. There&rsquo;s nothing like being able to talk with someone who you know understands.
And it&rsquo;s an honor -- it&rsquo;s a genuine...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Vice Presidential Nominee Paul Ryan</title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[STEPHANOPOULOS:  Good morning and welcome to "This Week."(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)MICHELLE OBAMA, FIRST LADY:  The president of the United States of America.STEPHANOPOULOS:  Obama on offense.PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA:  The path we offer may be harder, but it leads to a better place, and I'm asking you to choose that future.STEPHANOPOULOS:  The president and his party make their pitch.FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON:  We believe that we're all in this together is a far better philosophy than you're on your own.SEN. JOHN KERRY, D-MASS.:  Ask Osama bin Laden if he's better off now than he was four years ago.VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.:  This man has courage in his soul, compassion in his heart, and...]]></description>
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							<title>Panel on the Democratic National Convention</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Welcome, AccountWritten by Bret Baier / Published Friday, September 7, 2012 / Special ReportSpecial Guests: Charles Krauthammer, Steve Hayes, Kasie HuntThis is a rush transcript from "Special Report," September 7, 2012. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN: He calls for a new tax. It's called a territorial tax, which the experts have looked at. And they acknowledge, it will create 800,000 new jobs, all of them overseas.(END VIDEO CLIP)BRET BAIER, ANCHOR: Well, that was Vice President Biden in his speech down in Charlotte. There is an issue with this statement in that the president's own jobs council recommended the same thing it's...]]></description>
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							<title>The Ryan Revolution</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[David Shribman]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Thursday night's convention speech, the symbolic opening of Barack Obama's general-election effort, represents an important moment in this year's campaign. But no matter what the president says, and no matter how well he says it, history likely will record that the 2012 presidential race was transformed not in September but in August -- and not by anything that happened at the Republican National Convention in Tampa last week.
That's because this is no longer a campaign of Obama against Mitt Romney. It's a campaign of Obama against Rep. Paul Ryan.
Not in a generation -- perhaps not ever -- has a vice-presidential nominee had such a transformative effect on a national political ticket. By...]]></description>
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							<title>Closing the Generation Gap</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Suzanne Fields]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[How will the voters of Generation X mark their presidential ballots? If the baby boomers never trusted anyone over 30, the Gen Xers are said to never trust themselves. They've been stereotyped as slackers, cynics and whiners. They've also been described as confident, pragmatic and engaged.
The conflicting descriptions are curiously logical for the generation born between 1965 and 1980. While their parents were living it up in an indulgent culture that celebrated rebellion and doing their own thing -- "if it feels good, do it" -- the Xers came of age when the economy was not forgiving. Their identity was not always clear. There was not much to be smug about.
Now one of them is running for...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Maryland Governor Martin O&#039;Malley</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[The Situation Room]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[BLITZER: They will certainly get their turn in the spotlight next week in Charlotte, North Carolina. But some Democrats are keeping a very, very close eye personally on the goings-on right here in Tampa at this week's Republican National Convention.
Let's talk about that and more with one of those Democrats, the Democratic governor of Maryland, Martin O'Malley, who is here looking at what's going on.
Some people think you may be running for president in four years.
GOV. MARTIN O'MALLEY (D), MARYLAND: That's very nice.
BLITZER: You see a convention like this, do you get excited thinking maybe I would be at a presidential convention one day being nominated for president of the United...]]></description>
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							<title>"FOX News Sunday" Panel On The 2012 VP Matchup</title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<media:title>152185</media:title><description><![CDATA[Watch the ‘FOX News Sunday' panel, Bill Kristol, Joe Trippi, Karl Rove and Evan Bayh, as they discuss the 2012 vice presidential match-up.]]></description>
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							<title>Evaluating the Paul Ryan Pick</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Sean Trende]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<media:title>151054</media:title><description><![CDATA[About a month ago, I wrote a piece evaluating Mitt Romney's possible running mate selections. Part of my thinking was that it would be good to lock myself in on the various picks. I rated Paul Ryan in the middle of the pack. Here's what I wrote about him:

The Wisconsin congressman might not have unusually conservative social views, but his economic stance is terrible for a Republican Party that wants to attract blue-collar whites. Romney has endorsed the Ryan budget plan, so maybe his negatives are already built in, and maybe it would be good to have a vice president who could explain that plan well. I doubt that, though; in this case the &ldquo;no harm&rdquo; category should probably be a...]]></description>
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							<title>What Summer Is For</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[David Shribman]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney returns to earth, or at least to the United States, later this week after an overseas tour designed to burnish his foreign-policy credentials and prepare him for the Republican National Convention next month and then a grueling general-election battle. Summer vacation's over, and it's back to work.
Presidential elections are seldom this close this far from Election Day, which is why the way Mitt Romney uses August is unusually important. There's much to do, and not a day to waste.
Romney's advisers in their Boston redoubt surely know the way another Massachusetts governor, 1988 Democratic nominee Michael S. Dukakis, whiled away his summer (and a 17-point lead Romney can only...]]></description>
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							<title>BFD: A Biden Fabulist Dud</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Michelle Malkin]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Vice President Joe Biden, America's textbook Beltway barnacle, still labors under the illusion that he is America's middle-class Everyman. And now, he's gone and dragged his adult children into the land of Democratic make-believe. This is a BFD: a Biden Fabulist Dud.
As usual with White House class-warfare demagoguery, reality doesn't fit the wealth-bashing narrative.
At the International Association of Fire Fighters 51st Convention in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Biden stoked passive-aggressive resentment of the 1 percenters. "The wealthy," he sniveled. "God bless 'em," he snarked. "I wish my kids would become wealthy," he sighed before railing against tax relief for all those evil,...]]></description>
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							<title>On VP List, Pawlenty &amp; Portman Boast Foreign Policy Heft</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Erin McPike]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<media:title>147324</media:title><description><![CDATA[With speculation mounting that Mitt Romney could choose a running mate before he goes abroad next week on a trip designed to boost his foreign policy chops, there are tangential considerations about the apparent shortlist of contenders, believed to have narrowed to Rob Portman, Tim Pawlenty and Bobby Jindal.
As a longtime businessman, Romney doesn&rsquo;t have the kind of foreign policy credentials that Arizona Sen. John McCain did when he ran for president in 2008. Instead, his experience in that arena is more closely aligned with that of George W. Bush, who, like Romney, was a businessman-turned-governor. He selected Dick Cheney, who had served as defense secretary during Bush&rsquo;s...]]></description>
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							<title>Is Mitt Serious About Condi?</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Pat Buchanan]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The first criterion in choosing a vice president, it is said, is that he or she must be qualified to be president.
Yet there is another yardstick by which candidates measure running mates. Do they bring something to the table? Can they help with a critical voting bloc? Can they bring a crucial state?
Lyndon Johnson is regarded as a brilliant choice by JFK, though his brother Bobby, among others in the Kennedy camp, loathed LBJ. LBJ locked up Texas and helped bring home five other former Confederate states for the Roman Catholic nominee from Boston.
In deciding on a vice president candidate, many considerations have to be running through Mitt Romney's mind.
His choice must be seen as ready...]]></description>
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							<title>How Romney Might Rate the VP Contenders</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Sean Trende]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<media:title>147195</media:title><description><![CDATA[I've avoided "veepstakes" pieces this cycle. RCP's Scott Conroy really hit the proverbial nail on the head back in June, when he observed that running-mate predictions tend to miss the mark (this is, for whatever reason, especially true of GOP picks). Ultimately, we&rsquo;re trying to make a prediction about the actions of a single individual, about whom we really know very little. This makes it very difficult to do.
So rather than make an out-and-out prediction, I thought it would be worthwhile to engage in a bit of a &ldquo;pre-buttal&rdquo; to the selection. I&rsquo;ve created a grid featuring the potential picks I&rsquo;ve heard the most about, evaluated against 10 factors that probably...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Rep. Israel &amp; Gov. O&#039;Malley</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[        Guests: Martin O`Malley, John Judge; Catherine Crier; Jon Bramnick; Donna Lieberman; Steve Israel    	ED SCHULTZ, HOST:  Good evening, Americans.  And welcome to THE ED SHOW from New York.	One hundred and nineteen days before the election, and Mitt Romney still refuses to quit hiding his wealth. 	Come on, Mittster, give us the tax returns. 	This is "THE ED SHOW -- let`s get to work. 	(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)	JOE BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:  He wants you to show your papers, but he won`t show us his.	SCHULTZ (voice-over):  Democrats attack Mitt Romney`s secrecy on his tax returns, as Republicans get deceptive. 	REP. JASON CHAFFETZ (R), UTAH:  I think he has released the tax...]]></description>
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							<title>Romney&#039;s VP Short List: It May Be Down to Four</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Erin McPike]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<media:title>145369</media:title><description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney may be tight-lipped about his vice presidential short list, warning that only he and longtime aide Beth Myers know who is on it, but a close examination of the campaign's activity suggests four contenders have risen through the ranks: Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.
New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell may be considered wild cards, and Romney has said he&rsquo;s thoroughly vetting Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, though the first-term lawmaker&rsquo;s status appears unchanged.
Final short lists tend to have three names: Barack Obama&rsquo;s trio included Joe Biden, Tim Kaine...]]></description>
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							<title>Paul Ryan, Aiming for Ways &amp; Means Instead of VP?</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Erin McPike]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<media:title>144198</media:title><description><![CDATA[JANESVILLE, Wis. -- In a recent Washington Post story on Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and his vice presidential aspirations, a passage about another Capitol Hill lawmaker stood out:

Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell [have] also emerged as fixtures in the vice presidential discussion, with Ryan especially portrayed as a kindred spirit of [Mitt] Romney&rsquo;s, someone able to finish the top man&rsquo;s sentences and make him laugh. Romney and Ryan had met privately last autumn to talk about economic policy and deficits, said someone close to the candidate.

Maneuvering by Romney&rsquo;s presidential campaign suggest that Portman and Tim Pawlenty are at the top of...]]></description>
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							<title>Pawlenty, Portman Finances Pose VP Vetting Challenge</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Erin McPike]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<media:title>143818</media:title><description><![CDATA[With Mitt Romney's vice presidential vetting process well under way, two of the likeliest contenders for the nod -- Tim Pawlenty and Rob Portman -- have some of the thickest financial backgrounds to comb through.
Since dropping his own bid for president last August, Pawlenty has joined the boards of seven companies and serves as a senior adviser to another. Portman has a complicated financial history from a previous ownership stake in his family&rsquo;s since-sold company, Portman Equipment, as well as numerous investments.
Republican researchers familiar with both potential picks say neither the former Minnesota governor nor the Ohio senator presents major problems; still, the vetting...]]></description>
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							<title>If History Repeats, Everyone&#039;s VP Guess Is Wrong</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Scott Conroy]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<media:title>143478</media:title><description><![CDATA[On July 14, 1996, former New York Congressman Jack Kemp appeared on CNN's "Inside Politics," where he criticized bluntly the campaign being run by Bob Dole, who was failing in his effort to make competitive the general election race against President Clinton.
"We've been on defense -- there's no doubt about it," Kemp said of the Republican nominee&rsquo;s campaign.
For good measure, he added that &ldquo;hoping for the collapse of the Clinton administration&rdquo; was &ldquo;no way to run for president.&rdquo;
As a Dole surrogate, Kemp&rsquo;s comments could scarcely have been more off-message.
Furthermore, Kemp&rsquo;s history of clashes with the Kansas senator over both policy and...]]></description>
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							<title>VP Auditions, Phase 2: Portman, Like Ryan, to Hit N.C.</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Erin McPike]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<media:title>138727</media:title><description><![CDATA[Phase 2 of the audition process to be Mitt Romney's running mate on the Republican presidential ticket has begun.
Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan traveled to North Carolina this week to host a round-table discussion on behalf of the Romney campaign, and RCP has learned that Ohio Sen. Rob Portman will head to the key battleground state next weekend for similar purposes.
Portman will be in Winston-Salem to headline a Romney fundraiser and is likely to be in Raleigh-Durham or another area of the state for a political event, though details about the latter function have not been nailed down yet, according to sources familiar with the planning. This weekend Portman will open the Romney campaign&rsquo;s...]]></description>
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							<title>Could Kelly Ayotte&#039;s Rapid Rise Lead to VP?</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Erin McPike]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<media:title>141321</media:title><description><![CDATA[In less than two years' time, Kelly Ayotte has gone from obscure New Hampshirite to one of the more visible figures in national politics.
The freshman senator is often photographed alongside Mitt Romney as one of his leading surrogates on the campaign trail (and the most high-profile female surrogate other than his wife), and the Senate Republican leadership trots her out frequently to go before cameras and drive their message on whatever legislation they&rsquo;re pushing. No wonder Romney has named her publicly as one of about 15 people who might be on his list of potential running mates.
But anyone who dismisses her from the veepstakes chatter because she is an attractive woman in her...]]></description>
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							<title>Is Blunt But Colorful Christie a VP Match for Romney?</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Scott Conroy]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<media:title>140215</media:title><description><![CDATA[With his endorsement of Mitt Romney in October, Chris Christie showed off his political skills by making the case for the now-presumptive Republican nominee more concisely and emphatically than just about anyone had to that point.
As Christie addressed a packed house of reporters just hours before Romney squared off in a debate with his rivals in Hanover, N.H., several of the candidate&rsquo;s senior aides smiled broadly and exchanged knowing glances. The reason: The charismatic New Jersey governor effortlessly defended Romney&rsquo;s controversial Massachusetts health care plan in a way that Romney himself had struggled to do for months.
"Mitt Romney is the man we need to lead America, and...]]></description>
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							<title>Joe Biden and the Use of Empathy</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Michael Gerson]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- What to make of Vice President Joe Biden? Sometimes he is gaffe-prone comic relief. Sometimes he is the possessor of the worst geopolitical judgment in Washington -- as when he opposed the Osama bin Laden raid or advocated the partition of Iraq. And sometimes he seems to be the last genuine human being in American politics.
This peculiar humanness was on display just before Memorial Day, when Biden spoke to a group of mourning military family members. Biden recalled the deaths of his wife and daughter in an auto accident in 1972 -- the horrible phone call, his anger at God, the sudden ambushes of grief. "Just when you think, 'Maybe I'm going to make it,'" he said, "you're...]]></description>
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							<title>McDonnell as VP? Va. Governor Could Help, Hinder</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Caitlin Huey-Burns]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<media:title>140182</media:title><description><![CDATA[Ask Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell about his vice presidential ambitions and his answer is invariably, I have the best job in the world, one held by Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson.
But that job ends in 2014, as Virginia law forbids its governors from serving two consecutive terms. And his record in that position -- leading a key swing state with high approval ratings and a record of increasing jobs and decreasing deficits -- makes him an attractive candidate. Plus, as chairman of the Republican Governors Association, McDonnell has become a national party figurehead.
Some observers say McDonnell could even outperform Romney in talking about jobs and the economy, issues at the center of the...]]></description>
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							<title>Backers See Huckabee Filling VP Niche</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Scott Conroy]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<media:title>72235</media:title><description><![CDATA[If Mitt Romney's most pressing consideration in selecting a running mate is to find someone who can expand his appeal among independents or a critical demographic that remains up for grabs, several candidates would likely fit the bill better than Mike Huckabee.
But if the former Massachusetts governor instead concludes that his right flank is not as secure as it needs to be, Huckabee may be among his best options.
The winner of the 2008 Iowa caucuses remains one of the most popular and well-recognized conservatives nationwide, and his decision not to launch a second presidential run removed what might have been Romney&rsquo;s toughest competitor on the road to the Republican...]]></description>
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							<title>On Memorial Day</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[David Shribman]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In his now-forgotten statement proclaiming Memorial Day, the now-forgotten John A. Logan, the commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, urged Americans not to forget those who had died in the Civil War. It was only three years since the guns were silenced. The country was stitched together but still torn asunder. Much grief and hurt remained.
So Logan, who in time would become a senator and an unsuccessful Republican candidate for vice president, saluted his fallen comrades as "the reveille of freedom to a race in chains" and described their deaths as "the tattoo of rebellious tyranny in arms." He issued another call to arms, rallying veterans and civilians alike to visit the...]]></description>
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							<title>Biden&#039;s Commencement Address at the U.S. Military Academy</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[United States Military AcademyWest Point, New York
10:22 A.M. EDT
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) It&rsquo;s a great honor to be here.
Distinguished guests; soldiers and officers, friends and family of those graduating today, academy faculty and staff and, most of all, cadets on the cusp of being commissioned in the United States Army, it is an honor -- it is an honor -- to be here on this magnificent campus whose graduates for more than two centuries have played a leading role in nearly every chapter of our nation&rsquo;s history.
Before there was a military academy here on the Hudson, before even the United States was the United States of America, at the height of the...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Ohio Governor John Kasich</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[John King, USA]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[KING: So why worry so much about just one state? Well, this one state could settle the election. No Republican has won the White House in modern times without carrying Ohio.
Republican Governor John Kasich joins us to discuss the 2012 political terrain.
Governor, you are in the middle of perhaps the most competitive battleground state. The vice president was there today trying to convince blue-collar in your state that Romney is a bad guy.
Let's listen.
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BIDEN: Then, there is the Romney philosophy, the Romney economics, which says as long as the government helps the guys at the top to do well, workers in small businesses and communities, they can fend for themselves, but...]]></description>
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							<title>Obama&#039;s Honesty on Same-Sex Marriage Long Overdue</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Debra Saunders]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama emerged from his ideological closet last week when he said, "Same-sex couples should be able to get married." Obama supported same-sex marriage in 1996. He opposed same-sex marriage, however, in 2004 and 2008 and right up until Vice President Joe Biden announced that he is "absolutely comfortable" with same-sex nuptials on "Meet the Press" May 6. Thus, I would categorize the president's position on same-sex marriage not as having evolved, as he claims, but as a long overdue moment of honesty.
For bonus points: This moment has spared White House press secretary Jay Carney from the contortions he had been forced to perform as he explained why the president opposed...]]></description>
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							<title>David Axelrod &amp; Ed Gillespie on the 2012 Campaign</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Piers Morgan Tonight]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MORGAN: We begin our big story tonight, the campaigns react to the foiled plot and to hot-button issues from gay marriage to the economy.
So with six months to go until election day, the president's campaign is in full swing. And joining me now is Obama Campaign senior strategist, David Axelrod.
David, welcome.
DAVID AXELROD, OBAMA CAMPAIGN SENIOR STRATEGIST: Piers, thank you. Good to be with you.
MORGAN: A big story brewing since the weekend over Joe Biden's comments. I think the best way to tee this up is to replay them and then come to you for your reaction.
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DAVID GREGORY, HOST: And you're comfortable with same-sex marriage now?
JOSEPH BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE...]]></description>
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							<title>Keeping Nature Exactly as Is ... Forever</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[John Stossel]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The human brain is torn between simple intuition and the more complex hard work of figuring out the unintended consequences of any policy. Who doesn't like thinking about trees and greenery and happy animals? Who doesn't want to see steps taken to protect those things, all else being equal? But all else is not equal. Civilization doesn't work when central planners treat each tree as if its value is infinite.
Politicians specialize in convincing you that, with their help, you can have your cake and eat it, too. The idea of a new "green economy" that is both clean and rich with jobs became popular under Bill Clinton's administration, thanks in large part to a compliant media and Vice...]]></description>
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							<title>Panel on Foreign Policy in the 2012 Race</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Special Report w/Bret Baier]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On Air Now Published April 26, 2012  | Special Report | Bret BaierSpecial Guests: Charles Krauthammer, Mara Liasson, Tucker CarlsonThis is a rush transcript from "Special Report," April 26, 2012. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. Watch the latest video at FoxNews.com(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)adsonar_placementId=1499756;adsonar_pid=150758;adsonar_ps=-1;adsonar_zw=336;adsonar_zh=170;adsonar_jv='ads.adsonar.com';VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN:&nbsp;The governor's tough talk about military action is just that, talk. And I would add counterproductive talk. President Obama has said, and I quote, "Now is time to let our increased pressure sink in and to sustain the broad international...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Obama Advisor David Axelrod</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[John King, USA]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[KING: Democratic strategist and CNN contributor Hilary Rosen created quite a firestorm when she said last night that Mitt Romney's wife hadn't, quote, "worked a day in her life."
The comment was quickly condemned by the Obama campaign's senior advisers, Vice President Biden, and first lady Michelle Obama. And just a short time ago, even the president weighed in, telling a local TV station in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, quote, "I haven't met Mrs. Romney. But she seems like a very nice woman who is supportive of her family and supportive of her husband. I don't know if she necessarily volunteered for this job. So, you know, we don't need to be directing comments at them."
Why this firestorm and where...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Vice President Joe Biden</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Face the Nation]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Vice President Joe Biden talks about the 2012 presidential race with Bob Schieffer in Milwaukee on March 29.&nbsp;(CBS News)(CBS News) Below is a rush transcript of "Face the Nation" on April 1, 2012, hosted by CBS News chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer. The guests are Vice President Joe Biden; Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul; and a roundtable featuring Romney strategist Kevin Madden, PBS's Gwen Ifill, and CBS News' legal analyst Jan Crawford and political director John Dickerson.BOB SCHIEFFER: Today on FACE THE NATION, the Republicans may not have their nominee yet, at least not officially, but the general election campaign is already underway and...]]></description>
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							<title>Bin Laden&#039;s Plot against Obama</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[David Ignatius]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- 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.
Administration officials said Friday the Obama-Petraeus plot was never a...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Senator Jeanne Shaheen</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[The Last Word]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[        Guests: John Heilemann, Krystal Ball, Toure, Bob Vander Plaats, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Nina Turner, Davis Guggenheim    	LAWRENCE O`DONNELL, HOST:  OK, Republicans, spring training is over, and the president is ready to play ball.	(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)	LUKE RUSSERT, NBC NEWS:  The president`s re-election team unleashed its top attack dog today.	JOSEPH BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:  I`m back, you`re back, and the industry`s back.	UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE:  Vice President Biden hits the campaign trail in Ohio.	UNIDENTIFIED MALE:  The vice president is heralding the auto industry.	BIDEN:  The verdict is in -- President Obama was right and they were dead wrong.	UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ...]]></description>
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							<title>China as Punching Bag</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Steve Chapman]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping came to the United States last week, and that set alarm bells clanging. Among those who sorely miss the Cold War, China serves as an endless source of fear and loathing.
Mitt Romney responded in tones appropriate for a bitter foe. Writing in The Wall Street Journal, he accused President Barack Obama of "weakness" that "has only encouraged Chinese assertiveness" while serving to "embolden China's leaders at the expense of greater liberty."
As for our economic ties, he wrote, "A trade war with China is the last thing I want, but I cannot tolerate our current trade surrender."
Martial metaphors like that give the impression we are locked in a deadly struggle...]]></description>
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							<title>The Great Obama Kowtow</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Mona Charen]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Wikipedia defines "kowtow" as "kneeling and bowing so low as to have one's head touching the ground. ... (Chinese history scholar) Immanuel (Hsu) describes the 'full kowtow' as 'three kneelings and nine knockings of the head on the ground.'" Wikipedia adds that, "In modern times, usage of the kowtow has become much reduced."
Have they been watching the Obama administration?
This week, the U.S. welcomed Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping -- widely assumed to be the next leader of the Communist Party, the army and accordingly, of China. Xi will officially take power in the autumn of this year, just about the time that we have a free election to determine our next leader.
There were the usual...]]></description>
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							<title>Pay Close Attention to China</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Eugene Robinson]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- China, for better or worse, is a serious country. The United States had better start acting like one.
I got a glimpse of the future Wednesday in the vast ballroom of a Washington hotel where hundreds of august dignitaries -- and some journalists as well -- gathered at a luncheon in honor of Vice President Xi Jinping, who is widely expected to become China's top leader after a year-long transition.
Xi's status is such that he was introduced by no less than Henry Kissinger, who spoke, not for the first time, of the Nixon-to-China breakthrough four decades ago. It is useful to remember that the country we now think of as a trillion-dollar creditor and the manufacturer of iPads...]]></description>
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							<title>Obama&#039;s Speech at the National Prayer Breakfast</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[9:10 A.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Please, please, everybody have a seat. Well, good morning, everybody. It is good to be with so many friends united in prayer. And I begin by giving all praise and honor to God for bringing us together here today.
I want to thank our co-chairs Mark and Jeff; to my dear friend, the guy who always has my back, Vice President Biden. (Applause.) All the members of Congress &ndash;- Joe deserves a hand &ndash;- all the members of Congress and my Cabinet who are here today; all the distinguished guests who&rsquo;ve traveled a long way to be part of this. I&rsquo;m not going to be as funny as Eric -- (laughter) -- but I&rsquo;m grateful that he shared his...]]></description>
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							<title>The Verdict That Wasn&#039;t</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[David Shribman]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Iowa settled nothing. What happened last night on the plains and in the countless small farm communities and small towns of America's great crossroads state -- the place, in pioneer days as in our modern political calendar, that Americans traversed on their way to someplace else -- was not an act of futility, but it wasn't one of finality either.
In the freezing temperatures of early January, Iowa did what it almost always does. In a year when the Republicans alone hold contested caucuses, with a right-leaning politics that doesn't reflect the rest of the party or country, Iowa didn't answer questions; it posed them. It didn't respond to important unknowns, it raised them.
Iowa didn't...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Vice President Joe Biden</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Rachel Maddow Show]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[        Guests: Eugene Robinson, Joe Biden    	ED SCHULTZ, "THE ED SHOW" HOST:  THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW starts right now.	Good evening, Rachel.  Looking forward to seeing the vice president tonight.	RACHEL MADDOW, HOST:  Thanks, Ed.  And I`m glad to hear about the Pelosi interview, too, man.  Congratulations on that.	SCHULTZ:  Thank you.	MADDOW:  And thanks to you at home for staying with us the next hour.	We`re coming to you from Washington tonight because the interview tonight is with the vice president.  The vice president.  The vice president of the United States.  That`s coming up this hour.  Very excited to bring that to you.	Plus, the attorney general of the United States is putting...]]></description>
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							<title>December 8 Defense Department Briefing</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[The Pentagon]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ 	Â Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â GEORGE LITTLE:Â  Good afternoon.Â  Just a couple of announcements before we throw it over to questions.Â 	Â Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â The White House announced today that on Saturday President Obama, Vice President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden will attend the 112th edition of the annual Army versus Navy football game at FedEx field.Â  I wanted to let you know that Secretary Panetta will also attend.Â 	Â Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â CAPT. JOHN KIRBY:Â  Otherwise Navy versus Army.Â 	Â Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â MR. LITTLE:Â  (Laughs.)Â  More information will be forthcoming as it is available.Â 	Â Â  Â  Â  Â  Â ...]]></description>
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							<title>Alienating the Middle</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Mona Charen]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It doesn't come as a huge surprise that President Obama has decided to embrace the Occupy Wall Street movement. There has always been a certain drum circle flavor to this administration. In fact, nothing illustrated the point so well as when, a couple of weeks ago (before the president decided that OWS was his ticket to re-election), Vice President Biden referred in a radio interview to one of the agitators as "Van Jones, whoever he is." The program's host interjected that Jones was the former "green jobs" czar in the Obama administration. Ah.
But that's no longer an embarrassment because the administration and the Democratic Party have decided to join (or at least support) the throngs...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Dick and Liz Cheney</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[State of the Union]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[CANDY CROWLEY, HOST: In the words of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, this has been a bad year for terrorists.
Today, the struggle against al Qaeda with former Vice President Dick Cheney and Liz Cheney, former State Department official, and with former CIA director Michael Hayden and the former ranking member of the House intelligence committee, Jane Harman.
Then restlessness with the Republican presidential field. Insights from Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour.
I'm Candy Crowley. And this is State of the Union.
Five months after U.S. Navy SEALs raided a house in Pakistan and killed Osama bin Laden, the CIA launched an armed drone into Yemen killing the intended target, famed terrorist...]]></description>
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							<title>Is the Window Closing on Israel?</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Pat Buchanan]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In June 1967, with ex-Vice President Richard Nixon, this writer toured an Israeli military hospital full of wounded Egyptian soldiers.
An Israeli officer told us that in the hospital was an Egyptian officer he had captured in the 1956 Sinai campaign, and that he had asked the Egyptian: "We have fought three times now, and three times you have been defeated. Why do you keep fighting us?"
The Egyptian replied, "You may have defeated us three times, and you may defeat us 11 times. But the 12th time we win."
From that Six-Day War, wise Israelis took away two lessons.
First, they had to remain alert and strong enough to defeat all their neighbors at once. Second, the more important struggle was...]]></description>
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							<title>Guests: Bill Clinton and Dick Cheney</title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Below is a rush transcript of "Face the Nation" on September 18, 2011, hosted by CBS News chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer. The guests are former President Bill Clinton and former Vice President Dick Cheney.You can watch the full show by clicking on the video player above.  BOB SCHIEFFER: Former President Bill Clinton is joining us today from his home in Chappaqua, New York. Mr. President, welcome to the broadcast. I want to ask you about your Global Initiative, but I have to begin with a news question. Wwe have confirmed reports that President Obama proposed a new tax on millionaires. This tax would ensure that they have to pay at least the same percentage of their income as...]]></description>
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							<title>Bush&#039;s Remarks at the Flight 93 Memorial Dedication</title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Mr. Secretary, thank you very much. Mr. Vice President, Dr. Biden, President Clinton, Mr. Speaker, Members of Congress. My friends Tommy Franks and Tom Ridge, thank you for helping raise the money for this memorial. Members of the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, and all those who supported this memorial -- but most importantly the families of Flight 93 -- Laura and I are honored to join you in dedicating this memorial to the heroes of Flight 93.When the sun rose in the Pennsylvania sky ten years ago tomorrow, it was a peaceful September morning. By the time it set, nearly 3,000 people were gone -- the most lives lost on American soil in a single day since the Battle...]]></description>
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							<title>Biden&#039;s Moral Obtuseness</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Mona Charen]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This was not a gaffe. This was a disgrace. In a speech at Sichuan University, Vice President Joe Biden said "Your policy has been one which I fully understand -- I'm not second-guessing -- of one child per family . . ." But, he continued, this policy is creating demographic difficulties, such that "one wage earner will be taking care of four retired people. Not sustainable."
Following criticism, Biden's spokesperson, Kendra Barkoff, insisted that Biden, along with the entire Obama administration, finds the Chinese government's population control regime "repugnant." But she seemed confused as to what the fuss was about. "He also pointed out, in China, that the policy is, as a practical...]]></description>
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							<title>Vice President Biden&#039;s Remarks with Chairman Wu</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[The White House]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Great Hall of the PeopleBeijing, China
3:34 P.M. (Local)
CHAIRMAN WU: Mr. Vice President, on behalf of the National People&rsquo;s Congress of China, a very warm welcome.
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN: It&rsquo;s a delight to be here.
CHAIRMAN WU: And what a delightful thing to see you again in Beijing. We had a very good conversation back in September 2009 when I visited the United States, and you were very kind to show me your office.
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN: Mr. Chairman, this is much nicer than my office. (Laughter.)
CHAIRMAN WU: Well, I remember I said to you back then that your office was exquisite but not very big.
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN: That's right. You said that very diplomatically....]]></description>
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							<title>Politics, Not Economics, Drives GOP Anti-Tax Stand</title>
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							<originalLink><![CDATA[http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-17/politics-not-economics-drives-anti-tax-stand-albert-r-hunt.html]]></originalLink>
							<author><![CDATA[Al Hunt, Bloomberg]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<media:title>94078</media:title><description><![CDATA[Vice President Joe Biden, in the heat of the high-level budget deliberations, told Republicans that their intransigence over taxes was a matter of ideology not economics. It&rsquo;s also about coalitions and contributors.Congressional Republicans rejected a grand-bargain deficit- reduction plan that would have slashed spending, including on entitlements, while raising revenue. Higher taxes, charged Republicans such as House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, would be a job killer in a struggling economy. Cantor pulled the rug out from the efforts of his fellow Republican, House Speaker John Boehner, and Democratic President Barack Obama, to strike this historic deal.]]></description>
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							<title>Farewell Ceremony for Secretary Gates</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[The White House]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[10:09 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you very much.  Admiral Mullen, thank you for your eloquent words, but also for your extraordinary service.  As you near a well-deserved retirement, thank you for four decades of incredible service -- to you and Deborah.
Members of Congress, Vice President Biden, Deputy Secretary Lynn, members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, service secretaries and distinguished guests, men and women of the finest military in the world, and, most of all, Secretary Gates, Becky, Brad, and although she could not be here, I also want to acknowledge your daughter Eleanor.
When I took office, Bob Gates had already served under seven Presidents during an illustrious career that...]]></description>
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							<title>White House Says Obama Fundraising Appeal Not Illegal</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Alexis Simendinger]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<media:title>90120</media:title><description><![CDATA[President Obama appealed to supporters and donors in a videotaped message emailed by his campaign team to millions of people Monday -- a message filmed with the president inside the White House by a crew from the Democratic National Committee, according to a White House official who responded to RCP questions about the solicitation.
In the video, Obama tells supporters they can join him and Vice President Joe Biden for dinner if they win a contest offered by his campaign. "We're both really looking forward to it. Hope to see you soon," Obama says on camera. The script was written by the DNC.
The president's video is accompanied by a donor solicitation form in which supporters of the...]]></description>
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							<title>June 27 White House Press Briefing</title>
							<link><![CDATA[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/06/27/june_27_white_house_press_briefing_258354.html]]></link>
							<originalLink><![CDATA[http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/06/27/press-briefing-press-secretary-jay-carney-6272011]]></originalLink>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Featured VideoMiddle East SpeechA Commitment to TransparencyBrowse White House visitor logsExcess Federal PropertiesExplore the interactive mapYour Federal Taxpayer ReceiptHow your tax dollars are spentPresidential Citizens MedalSee the 2010 award winnersInside the White HouseTake an interactive tourThe White HouseOffice of the Press Secretary	James S. Brady Press Briefing Room	12:53 P.M. EDT	MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Let me begin with a brief readout. I just went in and spoke to the President about his meeting with Senator Reid, the meeting he and the Vice President held. It was a good meeting, constructive. Coming out of it, the President told me that all --...]]></description>
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							<title>Deal, or No Deal</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Michael Gerson]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The most consequential recent political debate did not take place in New Hampshire. It is being held at Blair House, where Vice President Biden is convening bipartisan negotiations for an increase in the debt limit. Biden, by most accounts, is conducting those talks fairly. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor describes them as "constructive." Important, if true. For the first time, Senate Republicans describe to me the outlines of a possible deal: a package of immediate and specific budget cuts; budget caps reaching out five years to reassure conservatives that tough budget decisions will be made in the future; Medicare reforms short of the House approach; no tax increases -- a...]]></description>
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							<title>McCain, Rooney &amp; Ruppersberger on Bin Laden</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[John King, USA]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[KING: The death of Osama bin Laden has revived the debate over the use of waterboarding and other so-called enhanced interrogation techniques to glean information from terror detainees. An array of former Bush administration officials say some of the intelligence that led the United States to bin Laden came from such interrogations.
The current CIA Director Leon Panetta plays down the role of enhanced interrogations, though he says it's impossible to be completely sure they didn't contribute some to the intelligence gathering. In an essay published yesterday in "The Washington Post" Republican Senator John McCain said some of those tactics like waterboarding amount to torture and that the...]]></description>
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							<title>Bush Led, Bin Laden Dead -- Where&#039;s the Credit?</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Larry Elder]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Osama bin Laden was a) killed by a unit overseen by what New Yorker reporter Seymour Hersh denounced as Vice President Dick Cheney's "executive assassination ring," which was b) sent into action based on intel derived from the now-outlawed "enhanced interrogation techniques," which were c) used on detainees captured during the George W. Bush administration, who were d) being held in now-outlawed "secret prisons" or in the intended-to-be-closed Gitmo. President Obama's deputy national security advisor, John Brennan, confirmed that the death of bin Laden resulted from "a mosaic (of intelligence) appearing over time and by ... people who have been following bin Laden for many, many years."...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with OMB Director Jack Lew</title>
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							<originalLink><![CDATA[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/04/13/interview_with_omb_director_jack_lew_109556.html]]></originalLink>
							<author><![CDATA[John King, USA]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[KING: Jessica, Dana, thank you. We just mentioned the vice president will take the lead for the administration trying to bring people together, but the president's point man when it comes to counting the money and making these policy decisions is the director of the Office and Management of Budget, Jacob Lew. He joins us live now from the White House.
Mr. Lew, I want to start there, with this ambitious time table because the president was pretty partisan in parts of his speech today. The Republicans fired back in a pretty partisan way. Sometimes we say that's a divide we can't solve. Sometimes we say maybe they're blowing off steam and they'll finally get in a room. Do you really believe...]]></description>
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							<title>Press Gaggle with Vice President Biden</title>
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							<originalLink><![CDATA[http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/03/30/vice-president-bidens-press-gaggle-us-capitol]]></originalLink>
							<author><![CDATA[The White House]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The White HouseOffice of the Vice President	Washington, DC	THE VICE PRESIDENT: I think we&rsquo;re making good progress. We&rsquo;re all working off the same number now, $73 billion (inaudible). The appropriations committees met today.&nbsp; Obviously, there&rsquo;s a difference in the composition of that number -- what&rsquo;s included, what&rsquo;s not included.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s going to be a thorough negotiation.&nbsp; We&rsquo;re getting back -- we got to roll up our sleeves.&nbsp; They&rsquo;re going back, meeting tomorrow morning at what, 8:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. -- whatever it is tomorrow morning.	There is no reason why, with all that&rsquo;s going on in the world and with...]]></description>
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							<title>Humanitarian Intervention, Not Imperialism</title>
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							<originalLink><![CDATA[http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/03/the-strikes-on-libya-humanitarian-intervention-not-imperial-aggression/72740/]]></originalLink>
							<author><![CDATA[Dan Serwer, The Atlantic]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<media:title>75414</media:title><description><![CDATA[A coalition of the willing attacks an Arab country; French  warplanes strike armored vehicles; American cruise missiles take down  air defenses. It all sounds to some too much like Iraq redux. But it's  not. The proper analogy is Srebrenica. This is the international  community acting under international law to prevent mass murder.The  current military action against Libya is clearly approved by the UN  Security Council. Qaddafi has claimed it is illegal, but even China and  Russia (who abstained from the UN vote) cannot doubt that Resolution  1973 authorized the use of force to protect Libyan civilians. Neither  will Germany, Brazil, nor India (all of whom abstained). Angela Merkel  has...]]></description>
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							<title>Biden&#039;s Remarks with Russian PM Putin</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The White HouseMoscow, Russia
12:46 P.M. (Local)
PRIME MINISTER PUTIN: (As translated.)  Mr. Vice President -- (inaudible) -- there are quite a few things to enjoy in Moscow.  And you haven't been here for quite a while.  Since you've been here last time, and over this period of time, Moscow and Russia has changed a lot, and for the better I might add.
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  I would agree.
PRIME MINISTER PUTIN:  (As translated.)  You might be interested in getting to know Russia better, visiting other sights and cities.  And on top of that, the relationship between our two countries has been developing quite well.  Last year, the (inaudible) Russia has grown by 29 percent.
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							<title>Interview with Senator John Barrasso</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[You're logged in as AccountMarch 03, 2011Barrasso: 'White House Offer Is Insignificant' | Your World CavutoWith: Neil CavutoSpecial Guests | John Barrasso          var pageVars = {        videoId:'4566038',        playlistId:''      };            videoPlayerFlashVars.core_ad_player_name = 'fullpage';    videoPlayerFlashVars.core_ads_enabled = true;    videoPlayerFlashVars.core_omniture_player_name = 'fullpage';    videoPlayerFlashVars.core_omniture_account = 'foxnews';    videoPlayerFlashVars.auto_play = true;    videoPlayerFlashVars.yume_ad_domain_code = '109DLWefYRt';    videoPlayerFlashVars.yume_ad_server_domain = 'pl.yumenetworks.com';    embedVideo({      autoplay: true,      swf_url:...]]></description>
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							<title>Lieberman, Harman and Vanishing Democratic Moderates</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Michael Barone]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Political pundits of a certain stripe have been lamenting the disappearance of Republican moderates for years. It's time now to lament the disappearance of moderate Democrats. Last month, Sen. Joseph Lieberman announced he wouldn't seek re-election. He lost the Democratic primary in Connecticut in 2006 because of his support of the Iraq war, but won in November as an independent.
The irony was that the 2000 Democratic nominee for vice president was re-elected largely by Republicans who spurned their party's little-known nominee. But Republicans seem likely to field a stronger candidate in 2012, leaving Lieberman little room in the middle.
Then last week, Rep. Jane Harman announced she would...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Representative Jane Harman</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[John King, USA]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[KING: Congresswoman Harman, let me start with the challenge the administration faces on Egypt. Vice President Biden called his counterpart, Vice President Suleiman again today in a statement issued after the White House used the word "immediately" and "prompt" in just about every sentence. They are clearly frustrated that the Mubarak regime is not moving as quickly as they would like on Democratic reforms, on reaching out to the protestors. What can they do and what should they do?
REP. JANE HARMAN, (D) CALIFORNIA: Well, it's -- we can't control events. We do have leverage. Obviously we have a lot of both military and other aid going to Egypt and that could be a fight in Congress in future...]]></description>
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							<title>Missing a Tax Reform Moment</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[David Broder]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- While I was out ill for six weeks in December and January, the world changed. Before that, the White House had badly misjudged the political climate. When I went to Ohio with Vice President Biden, he did his best to ignore the evidence of economic pain, giving a pep talk to skeptical factory workers and telling me and other reporters that he believed Democrats would retain their majorities in both the House and Senate.
The election rout came as a shock to President Obama and his administration. But Obama took the lesson and acted promptly. The first step in moving back to the center was to liberate himself from his dependence on Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid and cut his own deal...]]></description>
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							<title>Biden&#039;s Speech to U.S. Troops in Iraq</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Al-Faw Palace Camp Victory
5:50 p.m. Arabian Standard TimeVICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Task Force Troy, Task Force 807 Med, Task Force Phantom, USDC, I just want to say I am amazed you're still here.  (Laughter.)  And I don't mean in Iraq.  I mean, this is my seventh trip since Vice President, my 17th or 18th here, and I can tell you four of those seven trips since I was Vice President my son was here, and I assure you he would not have waited for me.  (Laughter.)  And so thank you very, very much.  I truly, truly apologize for keeping you waiting so long.  It's all the general's fault.  (Laughter.)  Actually, it's all my fault, but I think we made some good progress today with all of the Iraqi...]]></description>
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							<title>Remarks By VP Biden and PM Gilani</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Presidential PalaceIslamabad, Pakistan
5:04 P.M. Pakistan Standard Time
PRIME MINISTER GILANI:  Mr. Vice President, it gives me immense pleasure to once again welcome you to Pakistan.  We regard you as a good friend and appreciate your important contribution to reviewing the friendship and partnership between the United States and Pakistan.
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Thank you.
PRIME MINISTER GILANI:  Pakistan and United States have been on the same side for over half a century and at all defining periods of contemporary history.  Our friendship and partnership is based on shared values.
Vice President Biden, your visit has provided us a good opportunity to exchange views on bilateral and...]]></description>
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							<title>Remarks By VP Biden and Pres. Karzai</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Stone BuildingPresidential Palace compound Kabul, Afghanistan
3:02 P.M. Afghanistan Time
PRESIDENT KARZAI:  (As Translated) Good afternoon.  Members of the media, Afghan media and international media, in the name of the God, I'm delighted and honored today to welcome His Excellency Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States.
This is the fourth or fifth -- his visit -- to Afghanistan.  His first visit was at the very beginning of Afghanistan's interim administration, where we met in a very cold room.  There was no electricity, nothing.  But because of his help and their assistance, we have electricity and everything today.  So today we had all the things, and we are in a lot improved...]]></description>
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							<title>The WikiLeaks Vindication of George W. Bush</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Larry Elder]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The WikiLeaks de facto declassification of privileged material makes it case closed: Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction -- and intended to restart his program once the heat was off.
President George W. Bush, in the 2003 State of the Union address, uttered the infamous "16 words": "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."
Former Ambassador Joe Wilson sprang into action and, in an op-ed piece, in effect wrote, "No, the Cheney administration sent me to investigate the allegation -- and I found it without merit."
Put aside that Wilson's CIA-employed wife, not the evil Vice President Dick Cheney -- as...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Senator-Elect Rand Paul</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[WOLF BLITZER: The White House is engaged in a full court press right now to win support from Democrats for the tax cut compromise President Obama hammered out with the Republican leadership. For the second day in a row, the Vice President Joe Biden was on Capitol Hill where he got an earful from Democratic lawmakers who are so angry over the deal to extend tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
At the same time, the president's senior economic adviser gave a dire warning. Larry Summers says failure to pass the plan would significantly increase the risk of a double-dip recession.
I talked about the controversial compromise and more with one of the new breed of Republicans who will be joining...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Rep. John Garamendi</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Wednesday, December 08, 2010Democrat Offering Alternative to Tax Cut Deal | Your World CavutoSpecial Guests | Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif.This is a rush transcript from "Hannity," December 9, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Well, the president appealing to Democrats today who may feel betrayed just as Joe goes into the lion's den. The vice president expected to meet with House Democrats any moment now. He's trying to get them to support the president's tax cut deal. And it ain't looking too good.My next guest is offering an alternative to that plan. He's California Democratic Congressman John Garamendi.Congressman, good to have you.REP....]]></description>
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							<title>President Obama &amp; Colin Powell on START</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[3:34 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT:  I want to thank General Colin Powell for being here with me today.  He is not only a great statesman and a great public servant, but also a great friend and a great counselor.  And periodically I check in with him, and I know my entire team, including the Vice President, checks in with him, because he continues to have an unparalleled sense of our national security needs, and I think really taps into the best impulses of the American people.
The first thing that I want to do is I want to congratulate him and his wife Alma for the extraordinary work that he's been doing with America's Promise, which focuses on how can we finally get serious about education...]]></description>
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							<title>Obama &amp; Biden&#039;s Remarks at Chrysler&#039;s Kokomo Plant</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Chrysler Indiana Transmission Plant Kokomo, Indiana2:00 P.M. EST Receive news alertsTHE VICE PRESIDENT:  Hello, folks, how are you?  (Applause.) Good to see you all.  Good to be back in an automobile plant, making things.  (Applause.)  Hey, thank you all very much.  We're delighted to be here and I expect as delighted as you are to be able to be here.  (Laughter.)Look, when the President and I got elected we knew we had a heavy load to carry.  The country was in some real tough shape.  And we stepped up, and with the help of some of -- all the congressmen, the senators here, we passed the Recovery Act just after taking office, in the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great...]]></description>
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							<title>Guests: Admiral Mullen, TSA Chief Pistole &amp; Rep. Mica</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[State of the Union]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[CROWLEY: NATO has set 2014 as the year they want to turn over all security in Afghanistan to the Afghan government. Not soon enough for critics of the war, but too soon for others who worry that the complex and risky tableaux of politics and violence in Afghanistan may defy a solution for years to come. 655 coalition troops, including 451 Americans, have been killed in Afghanistan so far this year, now the deadliest year since the war began in 2001. Joining me now to discuss the way forward in Afghanistan and more, Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Thank you, Admiral Mullen, for being here.
MULLEN: Good morning.
CROWLEY: Appreciate it. Let's start with 2014. Vice...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Vice President Joe Biden</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
LARRY KING, HOST: Tonight Vice President Joe Biden on the split in Congress. Are we headed for a stalemate on the most urgent issues of our times.
JOSEPH BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: They didn't have a lot of faith in the Republican Party. Don't have a lot of faith in the Democratic Party. And so they're saying, OK, we want you guys to work together.
KING: What's his role in shaping Iraq's future? And should President Obama prepare to run against Sarah Palin?
Plus, Dr. Jill Biden.
All next on LARRY KING LIVE.
(END OF VIDEO CLIP)
KING: It's a great pleasure to welcome to LARRY KING LIVE, as always, a good friend, old friend, the vice president of the United...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Delaware Senator-Elect Chris Coons</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[JIM LEHRER: Next: another of our conversations with November 2 election winners. Earlier this week, we talked with incoming Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah. Tonight: an interview with a Democrat headed to the U.S. Senate. Judy Woodruff begins with some background. JUDY WOODRUFF: Democrats had fewer reasons to smile than Republicans on election night, but Delaware's Chris Coons was one of them. CHRIS COONS (D-Del.), senator-elect: And, so, tonight, I pledge to you, to all the working families across Delaware, that I will work tirelessly to get our state and our nation back on track. JUDY WOODRUFF: Coons, the New Castle County executive, won the Senate race by 16 points over Republican...]]></description>
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							<title>Obama Rallies Crowd in Cleveland</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Wolstein CenterCleveland State UniversityCleveland, Ohio
2:15 P.M. EDT
THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Cleveland!  (Applause.)  Hello, folks.  How you doing, ladies?  It's great to see you all.  Man, I want to look like you when I grow up, man, you're looking awful good.  (Applause.) Good to see you.  Hey, folks, it's great to be with you. (Applause.)  It's really good to be back in Ohio with the best governor in the United States of America, Ted Strickland. (Applause.)
Ted and I were raised the same way -- a simple proposition, real easy:  You stick with them that brung you to the dance.  (Laughter.)  And Ted and Lee, they brought us to this dance, the President and me.  And, Ted and Lee,...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Former President Jimmy Carter</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[John King, USA]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[KING: One week from a consequential midterm election. It's a privilege and an honor to have with us a gentleman who knows well the pressure of being in the Oval Office and a tough time politically. The 35th President of the United States Jimmy Carter joins us from San Francisco. Mr. President, it's good to see you.
Let me just start on that point. You remember what it's like. In that midterm election year your approval rating was about 49 percent heading into the midterm elections. You only lost 11 House seats. Historically that beats and significantly beats the historical average. When you look at this president now who has had about 44 percent approval rating, and people think he's going...]]></description>
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							<title>Obama&#039;s Speech at a Rally in Minneapolis</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, Minnesota
3:42 P.M. CDT
THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Minnesota! (Applause.)  Hello, Gophers!  (Applause.)  Oh, it is good to be back in Minnesota!  (Applause.)  And it's an honor to be standing here next to your next governor, Mark Dayton. (Applause.)
Let me just make mention of the other wonderful public servants who are here:  Former Vice President Walter Mondale is in the house.  (Applause.)  Your terrific pair of senators -- Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken are here.  (Applause.)  An outstanding congressional delegation -- Keith Ellison, Betty McCollum, Jim Oberstar.  (Applause.)
All the great candidates who are on the DFL ticket are here today and we're...]]></description>
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							<title>The Real Case for Defunding NPR</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Seth Lipsky, Wall Street Journal]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<media:title>52074</media:title><description><![CDATA[At least one good thing has come out of National Public Radio's firing of Juan Williams. NPR's vice president had barely hung up the phone after informing Mr. Williams that he was being terminated&mdash;and refusing to meet with him, a long-time colleague, to discuss the matter&mdash;when the calls began for Congress to cut off funding for NPR entirely.Bill O'Reilly, on whose broadcast Mr. Williams uttered the words that cost him his NPR job&mdash;he spoke of his fleeting fears when he gets on a plane and sees a person dressed in Muslim garb&mdash;called for "the immediate suspension of every taxpayer dollar going into NPR." Sarah Palin issued a Facebook posting called "Juan Williams: Going...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Former Vice President Walter Mondale</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[JIM LEHRER: Now to a conversation with Walter Mondale. He was a U.S. senator from Minnesota and then vice president under Jimmy Carter from 1977 to '81. Judy Woodruff talked with him earlier this week. JUDY WOODRUFF: The former vice president has collected the memories of his tenure in the political arena in a new book, "The Good Fight: A Life in Liberal Politics."Mr. Vice President, it's good to have you with us. WALTER MONDALE, Former Vice President of the United   States: Thank you, Judy, and delighted to be here. JUDY WOODRUFF: Now, a lot of public figures write books right after they leave elected office. WALTER MONDALE: Yes. Yes. JUDY WOODRUFF: You have chosen to wait 30 years. So,...]]></description>
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							<title>Look Who&#039;s Nativist Now</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Michelle Malkin]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Oh, this is side-splitting: After exporting U.S. jobs, importing foreign debt and kowtowing to global thugs shamelessly over the past two years, the Obama administration is now playing the America First card. Democrats deserve a Guinness World Record award for their election-season cognitive dissonance. President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, White House senior adviser David Axelrod and their mynah bird operatives across the country accused Republicans last week of benefiting from "money from foreign corporations" -- which liberals claim the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is funneling into domestic political ads.
Democratic clown prince Al Franken is leading a Senate inquisition against...]]></description>
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							<title>Obama&#039;s Speech at a Rally in Philadelphia</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Fulton Elementary School ParkPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
4:57 P.M. EDT
THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Germantown!  (Applause.)  Hello, Philly!  Well, Governor Rendell, I tell you, look at all these kids down here.  I hope you're able to vote.  (Applause.)
Hey, folks.  Senator Bob Casey and Chaka Fattah and Bob Brady and Mayor Nutter and soon-to-be governor you just heard from -- I tell you what, man, I hope he remembers me when he's governor.  And Joe Sestak, the admiral.  (Applause.)
Well, I have the great honor of introducing the President, but I want to introduce you to the President.  (Applause.)  Mr. President, welcome back to my second city in my native state of Pennsylvania.  (Applause.)...]]></description>
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							<title>Medal of Honor Presentation For Staff Sgt. Robet Miller</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[1:52 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT:  Please be seated.  Good afternoon.  And on behalf of Michelle and myself, welcome to the White House.  And thank you, General Carver, for that beautiful invocation.
We are a nation of more than 300 million Americans.  Of these, less than 1 percent wears the uniform of our Armed Services.  And of these, just a small fraction has earned the badges of our Special Operations Forces.
In the finest military the world has ever known, these warriors are the best of the best.  In an era that prizes celebrity and status, they are "quiet professionals" -- never seeking the spotlight.  In a time of war, they have borne a burden far beyond their small numbers -- training...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Former Vice President Walter Mondale</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[BLITZER: Walter Mondale certainly had a front-row seat to five decades of political history. The former vice president writes about it in his brand-new book entitled "The Good Fight." Stand by for my interview with Walter Mondale, but, first, a few things you should know about him first.
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BLITZER (voice-over): He made the vice presidency what it is today, taking an active role in shaping Carter administration policies. He was the first V.P. with a West Wing office and to have weekly lunches with the president.
He delivered one of the most memorable debate lines ever. During his 1984 bid for the Democratic presidential nod, Mondale took a shot at Gary Hart using a phrase...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Vice President Joe Biden</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[JIM LEHRER: Shortly before the change-of-command ceremony, Margaret Warner spoke with Vice President Biden. They met in a building north of Baghdad that used to be Saddam Hussein's hunting lodge. MARGARET WARNER: Mr. Vice President, thank you for having us. JOSEPH BIDEN: Happy to be with you, Margaret, really am. MARGARET WARNER: Last night, President Obama said, we have met our responsibility in Iraq. We have been here a while. A lot of Iraqis say to us: You haven't. You came to a country, dictatorship, but at least we had services and we had security. And now we don't have either. What do you say to them? I mean, have we met our responsibility? JOSEPH BIDEN: Well, the vast majority of the...]]></description>
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							<title>NSA James Jones and Senator McCain on Iraq</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[John King, USA]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[KING: Thirty minutes away from President Obama's address to the nation from the Oval Office, he'll declare combat operations in Iraq over. He'll remind the American people that some 50,000 troops remain. He will also ask for their patience and support as he now pursues a policy in Afghanistan that includes an increase in U.S. troop levels there. Among those helping the president shape these controversial and delicate policies, his national security adviser, James Jones, who joins us right now. First, let me get your assessment of how the president views his challenge in speaking to the American people in just a half an hour.
GEN. JAMES JONES (RET.), NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER: I think he's...]]></description>
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							<title>Summer Sizzles, Economy Fizzles</title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<media:title>43690</media:title><description><![CDATA[In the closing days of spring, administration cheerleader-in-chief and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. proudly predicted that as the months ahead heated up, so too would the economy. It was to be "recovery summer," according to Mr. Biden, who toured the country touting the alleged benefits of President Obama's "shovel-ready" economic policies."The fact is the Recovery Act is working," Mr. Biden declared in mid-June. But as summer fades and the economy sputters, the vice president now gamely contends that even though the economy did not respond as robustly as the administration would have preferred, "no doubt we're moving in the right direction."&nbsp;]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Fmr Virginia Gov. Doug Wilder</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Wednesday, August 25, 2010Democrat Says VP Joe Should Go | Your World CavutoSpecial Guests | Former Virginia Governor Douglas WilderWatch the latest video at FoxNews.comThis is a rush transcript from "Your World With Neil Cavuto," August 25, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Everyone wants to know about this thing -- the president's mid-vacation conference call on the economy today. Now, on the call, what we're hearing, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, economic advisers Larry Summers and Christina Romer -- she's on her way out, as you know -- not on the call, though, Vice President Joe...]]></description>
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							<title>Coming Home at Last?</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Pat Buchanan]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Asked if the United States might send still more troops to Afghanistan, if the Obama surge is not succeeding by year's end, Vice President Joe Biden answered, "I do not believe so." So, that is it. Biden is saying the 100,000 U.S. troops in theater or on the way is our limit. If Kabul and the Afghan army fail with this investment of American forces, they will be permitted to fail. All the chips we are going to commit are now on the table.
And a series of critical deadlines is approaching.
By the end of August, all U.S. combat troops are to be out of Iraq. Only 50,000 "training troops" are to remain, but all U.S. forces are scheduled to be withdrawn by the end of 2011.
In December, a review...]]></description>
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							<title>Why Social Securitization Will Hurt the GOP</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Maggie Gallagher]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Vice President Biden was absurdly optimistic about the 2010 congressional elections in an interview with ABC: "I don't think the (Democratic) losses are going to be bad at all. I think we're going to shock the heck out of everybody."
I think Joe Biden is wrong. But if there is a dark cloud gathering on the GOP's cheery electoral prospects it is this: the GOP's support of privatizing Social Security.
Item: Sharron Angle is in some trouble. The latest poll has Harry Reid ahead 44 to 37 percent.
Of course, Reid is in even bigger trouble. Only 44 percent of voters say they will hold their noses and vote for him. The upside for Reid is hard to find. But he is already banking, among other things,...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Vice President Joe Biden</title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[JAKE TAPPER, HOST: I know that there are some in the White House who feel Wall Street reform, health care legislation, stimulus, and yet the public still overwhelmingly thinks this country is on the wrong track.
Are you not getting enough credit, you and the administration?
JOSEPH BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Look, these are gigantic packages to deal with a gigantic problem we inherited. And the vast majority of the American people and a lot of people really involved don't even know what's inside the packages. And so you have, for example, Mr. Boehner already calling for the repeal of -- of the reform that just passed on Wall Street. People don't realize, in that reform, you...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Florida Gov. Charlie Crist</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[CAMPBELL BROWN: Now, that is the main entry from the Gulf into Pensacola bay and into Escambia Bay. Officials there are telling CNN they haven't seen anything like this before.
And it is in Pensacola where Governor Crist is joining me tonight.
Governor, appreciate your time tonight.
As we told people earlier, you had the vice president...
GOV. CHARLIE CRIST (I), FLORIDA: Of course. Good to be with you, Campbell.
BROWN: You -- I mentioned you had the vice president's ear today. Give us your take on the administration's response. Are you satisfied with how they have been responding to your concerns and issues?
CRIST: Well, I was very pleased to have the vice president with us down here in...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Defense Secretary Robert Gates on &quot;Fox News Sunday&quot;</title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[CHRIS WALLACE, ANCHOR: But first, amid recent reports of tough going in Afghanistan, the top man of the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.
Mr. Secretary, welcome back to "Fox News Sunday."
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT GATES: Thank you.
WALLACE: You said this week that the narrative in this town about the war in Afghanistan has become too negative. So let's discuss some of the issues that have people worried.
The U.S. commander, General Stanley McChrystal, says that the first operation in Marjah has become a, quote, "bleeding ulcer," and the major offensive in Kandahar has now been delayed, in both cases, largely because the Afghans have been too slow in providing civilian support....]]></description>
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							<title>Biden&#039;s Remarks to University Students in Kenya</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Kenyatta International Conference CenterNairobi, Kenya
10:58 A.M. (local)
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Hello, my name is Joe Biden.  I work for Barack Obama.  (Laughter and applause.)
Now, I know no one in Kenya is familiar with Barack Obama, but I can tell you although for years as a United States senator, I had -- I was on a committee called the Foreign Relations Committee, the chairman, and did a lot of work relating to Africa, I hear about Kenya all the time from Barack Obama.  He sends his love to you, not just your love to him.  (Applause.)
And, Wangari, it's an honor to be with you.  I am very accustomed these days to hanging out with Nobel laureates.  (Laughter.)  I work for one, I get to...]]></description>
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							<title>Israel Alone</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Vice President Joe Biden, wrong on virtually every major foreign policy issue since his election to the Senate in 1972, nailed this one: He warned that actors on the international stage would test the new, inexperienced President.He knew that President Barack Obama's enemies would perceive his strength-through-peace (versus peace-through-strength) approach as weakness. They do and are acting accordingly.
Candidate Obama vowed to hold high-level talks with Iran and North Korea without "preconditions." Obama promised a "reset" of all things President George W. Bush, with no more talk of "victory" in Iraq and Afghanistan. He reneged on the promised missile shield defense in Poland and the...]]></description>
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							<title>May 6 White House Press Briefing</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The White HouseOffice of the Press SecretarySee below for an answer to a question(marked with an asterisk) posed in the briefing that required follow up.*On May 4, the Vice President chaired his monthly Cabinet-level meeting on Iraq.&nbsp; Ambassador Hill and General Odierno briefed Principals on political and security developments via secure video teleconference and the Departments of Justice, State, and Homeland Security discussed Rule of Law programs in Iraq.&nbsp; Participants included Defense Secretary Gates, Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano, UN Ambassador Rice, Admiral Mullen, General Petraeus, National Security Advisor Jones, Deputy National Security Advisor Donilon, State...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Rep. Steve King</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[SEAN HANNITY, HOST: So, after vowing not to increase taxes on anybody making less than $250,000, the Anointed One now appears to be considering a value added tax. Now, that is a tax applied that's applied to nearly all goods and services. And here's what the president told CNBC when asked about the subject just yesterday:
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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I know that there's been a lot of talk around town lately about the value added tax, that is something that has worked for some countries. It is something that would be novel for the United States. And before I start saying, this makes sense or that makes sense, I want to get a better picture of what our options are.
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							<title>Biden: Upbeat on Iraq</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[David Ignatius]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden didn't use the jinxed phrase "mission accomplished." But he offered an optimistic assessment of Iraq after last month's parliamentary election, saying that Iran's covert bid for influence there had been "clobbered" and that Baghdad appears headed toward an "inclusive" coalition government. "Politics has finally broken out in Iraq," Biden said in an interview Thursday. "Everyone is in on the deal, and it's real."
Biden's upbeat comments came days after a new wave of attacks raised fears that Iraq might be slipping back toward sectarian violence. His staff proposed the interview in an effort to counter these worries, and to show where U.S. "red lines"...]]></description>
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							<title>Britain&#039;s Latest Reality Show</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[David Shribman]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The British go to the polls May 6 after one of their trademark brisk election campaigns. But as Americanisms creep into their politics, British voters are girding for a completely American experience -- the first prime ministerial debates in history, beginning Thursday.
These debates will come at a poignant time in American history, the 50th anniversary of the first debates in the United States. Though political debates now have become a permanent feature of our elections, they were a brave innovation when Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Sen. John F. Kennedy inaugurated a new era in American history with four debates in September and October 1960.
Those debates would be unrecognizable...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Senator Jon Kyl</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[JIM LEHRER: This was a day of triumph for the president and his party, as the sweeping health reform bill was signed into law.Ray Suarez begins our coverage.RAY SUAREZ: Democrats descended on the White House this morning to watch history made.RAY SUAREZ: Jubilant cheers greeted President Obama and Vice President Biden as they entered the East Room. The cheering continued after nearly every sentence the president spoke.He said the bill signing marked a new season for America.U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Today, after almost a century of trying, today, after over a year of debate, today, after all the votes have been tallied, health insurance reform becomes law in the United States of...]]></description>
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							<title>The Trust Is Gone: It Will Never Again Be The Same</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Ed Koch]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I consider the Obama administration's recent actions against the Israeli government to be outrageous and a breach of trust.  I refer to the denunciations by Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other administration officials  The world knows what happened; nevertheless, I will try to put it into context.
Vice President Joe Biden was in Jerusalem to convey to the Israelis and the world that the United States government is committed to protecting and assuring the security of Israel from attack.  While he was there, an Israeli government minister announced that the Israeli government had authorized the construction of 1,600 apartments in East Jerusalem to be...]]></description>
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							<title>Panel on the New Health Care Law</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Special Report With Bret Baier]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Today after almost a century of trying, today after over a year of debate, today after all the votes have been tallied, health insurance reform becomes law in the United States of America.
(APPLAUSE)
SEN. JOHN CORNYN, R-TEXAS: The voters, the people always get the final say-so. And I think this is very important to remember as the president intends to take a victory lap on this bill. He is going to take a victory lap on a bill that the American people don't want because they know we can't afford it, because it'll raise their premiums, cut Medicare, and raise taxes on the middle class.
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BRET BAIER, "SPECIAL REPORT" HOST: Well, the health...]]></description>
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							<title>Suffering From 60&#039;s Nostalgia Syndrome</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[George Will, Washington Post]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Diplomats love ambiguity. It allows them to fuzz up the hard parts of a negotiation -- the "final status" issues, as they're often called -- and save them for later, when the parties are more amenable to pressure. This devotion to "constructive ambiguity" has been a hallmark of U.S. peacemaking on the Palestinian-Israeli issue for the past 40 years. Rather than state the unpalatable concessions that most analysts recognize will be required for any viable settlement -- that Israelis must share sovereignty in Jerusalem and that Palestinians must give up the "right of return" to Israel -- successive U.S. administrations have tried to defer these unmentionables until later....]]></description>
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							<title>Lift the Fog on Middle East Talks</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[David Ignatius]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Diplomats love ambiguity. It allows them to fuzz up the hard parts of a negotiation -- the "final status" issues, as they're often called -- and save them for later, when the parties are more amenable to pressure.
This devotion to "constructive ambiguity" has been a hallmark of U.S. peacemaking on the Palestinian-Israeli issue for the past 40 years. Rather than state the unpalatable concessions that most analysts recognize will be required for any viable settlement -- that Israelis must share sovereignty in Jerusalem and that Palestinians must give up the "right of return" to Israel -- successive U.S. administrations have tried to defer these unmentionables until later.
But...]]></description>
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							<title>Can the U.S. Still Tackle Big Problems?</title>
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							<originalLink><![CDATA[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/19/AR2010031901360.html]]></originalLink>
							<author><![CDATA[Eggers & O'Leary, Washington Post]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[At the height of the debate over health care last month, Vice President Biden put into simple terms a feeling that has become pervasive across America. "Washington, right now, is broken," he said.This from a nation that won World War II, split the atom and, yes, even put a few guys on the moon. For years, Washington has been shooting at some big targets -- fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, reforming immigration policy -- and too often missing the mark. And the arduous health-care reform effort, with its year-long debate, recriminations and dividing lines, only seems to prove how fraught and complex it has become for America to tackle...]]></description>
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							<title>Obama&#039;s Remarks at St. Patrick&#039;s Day Luncheon</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[1:10 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  Please, everybody be seated.  To Speaker Pelosi; distinguished members of the House and Senate; Republican Leader Boehner; Majority Leader Steny Hoyer; my outstanding Vice President and his newest chief of staff  -- (laughter) -- to Prime Minister Cowen and the entire Irish delegation, as well as the extraordinary leaders from Ireland and Northern Ireland -- it is my privilege to welcome all of  you for this wonderful St. Patrick's Day tradition.
And, Governor O'Malley, thank you for that outstanding rendition of our two national anthems.  (Applause.)  I had asked if Martin was going to do a rock-and-roll version.  (Laughter.)  Some of you know he's...]]></description>
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							<title>Guests: Sen. Durbin, Rep. Clyburn, David Axelrod</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Meet the Press]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MR. BROKAW:  Will Democratic leaders be able to persuade enough members of their own party to support the controversial legislation?  We'll ask the two men charged with rounding up those votes, House Democratic Whip James Clyburn and Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin.
And he's the man many credit with President George W. Bush's rise to the White House.  Now he's the author of a new memoir, "Courage and Consequence," former senior adviser to President Bush Karl Rove.  He joins us to discuss his role in the Bush administration and much more.
And fallout from the vice president's trip to Israel.  How will that impact the Middle East peace process?  Insights and analysis from two noted New...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Former Vice President Cheney</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[This Week]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[KARL: Good morning, and welcome to "This Week."
CHENEY: There is no middle ground.
KARL: This morning, a "This Week" exclusive, former Vice President Dick Cheney, the administration's harshest critic...
CHENEY: The president's been largely silent. Half-measures keep you half-exposed. The White House must stop dithering.
KARL: ... with no apologies of his own.
CHENEY: I was and remain a strong proponent of our enhanced interrogation program.
KARL: National security, Iran, politics, and...
BIDEN: Iraq, I mean, it's going to be one of the great achievements of this administration.
KARL: ... Dick Cheney takes on the current vice president, only on "This Week." Then, a Washington thaw.
OBAMA:...]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Vice President Biden</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Meet the Press]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MR. GREGORY:  Is bipartisan agreement possible given deep divisions over a jobs bill, the administration's handling of terror suspects, and health care? We'll ask our guest, Vice President Joe Biden, joining us from Vancouver, Canada, the site of the Olympic Games.
Then, the governing challenge:  How should the White House reframe its agenda after a bruising first year, a sour electorate, and a unified opposition? Insights and analysis from our roundtable:  New York Times columnist David Brooks; MSNBC's Rachel Maddow; chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council, former Congressman Harold Ford of Tennessee; and Republican Congressman Aaron Schock of Illinois.
But first, the vice president...]]></description>
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							<title>Interviews with Vice President Biden &amp; Sen. Kerry</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Larry King Live]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[LARRY KING, HOST: Tonight, Vice President Joe Biden sits down with me to talk money and jobs.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
JOSEPH BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I think. You're going to see a net creation of jobs every month.
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KING: And what the future holds for every American during these tough economic times.
Plus, Senator John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry exclusive -- here on their first interview together on the private heartbreak that they're now making public -- her battle with cancer.
And then --
(SINGING)
KING: -- they brought us "We Are the World" and are making history again, all for the people of Haiti. Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie take us behind-the-scenes...]]></description>
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							<title>Secretive Culture Led Toyota Astray</title>
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							<originalLink><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704820904575055733096312238.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEADNewsCollection]]></originalLink>
							<author><![CDATA[Linebaugh, Searcey & Shirouzu, WSJ]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Toyota Motor's President Akio Toyoda, second from left, and Vice President Shinichi Sasaki, left, bow following a news conference Tuesday.On Jan. 19, in a closed-door meeting in Washington, D.C., two top executives from Toyota Motor Corp. gave American regulators surprising news.Evidence had been mounting for years that Toyota cars could speed up suddenly, a factor suspected in crashes causing more than a dozen deaths. Toyota had blamed the problem on floor mats pinning the gas pedal. Now, the two Toyota men revealed they knew of a problem in its gas pedals.The two top officials from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration "were steamed," according to a person who discussed the...]]></description>
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							<title>Scott Brown on Being in the Senate</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Sen. Scott Brown]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[BROWN: Thank you very much.
I appreciate everybody taking the time to come. I know we have a little storm brewing down here. It's a big storm up our way. It's -- it's just a little dusting.
So I -- I just want to read a statement then I'll take your questions. It's been a great honor to stand before you as the United States senator from Massachusetts and I want to express my gratitude and appreciation to many people, starting with my wife, Gail, who is here. Honey, thank you.
To Vice President Biden, I've always wanted to meet him, so I'm -- I'm finally glad I had an opportunity.
Obviously, Senators Kerry and Kirk and Leader McConnell and so many other people who have been generous through...]]></description>
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							<title>Secretary Clinton&#039;s Keynote at the National Prayer Breakfast</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you very much. I have to begin by saying I'm not Bono. (Laughter.) Those of you who were here when he was, I apologize beforehand. (Laughter.) But it is a great pleasure to be with you and to be here with President and Mrs. Obama, to be with Vice President Biden, with Chairman Mullen, with certainly our host today, my former colleagues and friends, Senators Isakson and Amy Klobuchar. And to be with so many distinguished guests and visitors who have come from all over our country and indeed from all over the world.
I have attended this prayer breakfast every year since 1993, and I have always found it to be a gathering that inspires and motivates me. Now...]]></description>
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							<title>The Hidden Issue of 2010</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[E.J. Dionne]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden is tired of seeing the Obama administration's economic stimulus plan demeaned, derided and dismissed, and he wanted to talk about it.
But a funny thing happened in the course of an interview at Biden's White House office on Tuesday afternoon. The vice president's passions poured forth not when he was offering his point-by-point defense of the economic recovery plan but on the question of whether the United States is in decline.
Late in the conversation, I asked Biden about the surprise applause line in President Obama's State of the Union speech -- "I do not accept second place for the United States of America." Will we hear more on the...]]></description>
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							<title>Biden: Son Doesn&#039;t Want to Run for Senate</title>
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							<originalLink><![CDATA[http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100124/OPINION03/1240302/1004/OPINION/VP+Biden++Beau+doesn+t+want+to+run]]></originalLink>
							<author><![CDATA[Wilmington News-Journal]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In an interview published Sunday, Vice President Joe Biden said that his son Beau Biden does not want to run for his old Senate seat. The absence of the younger Biden leaves Democrats without a strong challenger to face Republican Rep. Mike Castle in this fall's Senate election in blue Delaware. Here is the back-and-forth between Biden and Delaware News-Journal reporter Harry Themal: Biden: "If you run into Beau, talk him into running; he respects you."Me: "I don't think he wants to run, though."Biden: "I don't think he does either. I know he doesn't want to. ... I'm so proud of the job he's done [as attorney general]."Me: "Would you campaign for him [against Republican Mike Castle]?"Biden:...]]></description>
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							<title>Obama&#039;s Remarks on Tax Delinquencies</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[10:14 A.M. ESTTHE PRESIDENT:  Good morning, everybody.  Before I start, let me introduce the folks behind me:  obviously the Vice President.  In addition, we've got Senator Claire McCaskill, Congressman Ed Towns, Congressman Brad Ellsworth.  We've got Douglas Shulman, who's the Commissioner of the IRS; and Jeffrey Zients, our Chief Performance Officer of the United States. Receive news alertsHere in our nation's capital, there are a number of ways to advance the ideals and interests of the American people.  Often it's done through Congress.  But it can also be done through what's called a presidential memorandum -- a directive that I give to Cabinet Secretaries and to federal government...]]></description>
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							<title>Soft on Terror? Not This President</title>
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							<originalLink><![CDATA[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/02/AR2010010201595.html?hpid=topnews]]></originalLink>
							<author><![CDATA[Washington Post]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[THERE IS, it seems evident, more than enough blame to go around in the botched handling of the botched Christmas bombing. Not for some Republicans. With former vice president Richard B. Cheney in the lead, they have embarked on an ugly course to use the incident to inflict maximum political damage on President Obama. That's bad enough, but their scurrilous line of attack is even worse. The claim that the incident shows the president's fecklessness in the war on terror is unfounded -- no matter how often it is repeated.These critics have set up a straw Obama, a weak and naive leader who allegedly takes terrorism lightly, thinks that playing nicely with terrorists will make them stop, and...]]></description>
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							<title>Obama Right to Treat Bomber as Criminal, Not Combatant</title>
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							<originalLink><![CDATA[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/30/AR2009123002347.html?sub=AR]]></originalLink>
							<author><![CDATA[Wash Post]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[FORMER VICE president Richard B. Cheney on Wednesday joined a Republican chorus criticizing the Obama administration's decision to charge alleged bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in federal court. Mr. Cheney and others argue that Mr. Abdulmutallab, who is accused of trying to down Northwest Flight 253 over Detroit on Christmas, should have been held as an enemy combatant and pumped for information, rather than read his Miranda rights and provided a lawyer. They further argue that the decision to shuttle him to federal court shows that President Obama is in denial about the dangers of terrorism.This last claim has no merit. Just as it would be a mistake to approach all terrorist acts as a...]]></description>
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							<title>Dick Cheney&#039;s Lies About Obama</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Eugene Robinson, Washington Post]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- It's pathetic to break a New Year's resolution before we even get to New Year's Day, but here I go. I had promised myself that I would do a better job of ignoring Dick Cheney's corrosive and nonsensical outbursts -- that I would treat them, more or less, like the pearls of wisdom one hears from homeless people sitting in bus shelters.But he is a former vice president, which gives him a big stage for his histrionic Rottweiler-in-Winter act. It is never a good idea to let widely disseminated lies and distortions go unchallenged. And the shrill screed that Cheney unloosed Wednesday is so full of outright mendacity that, well, my resolution will have to wait. Receive news alertsIn...]]></description>
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							<title>Obama&#039;s Cabinet Follows His &#039;No Drama&#039; Mantra</title>
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							<originalLink><![CDATA[http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/73689-obamas-team-of-rivals-following-no-drama-mantra]]></originalLink>
							<author><![CDATA[The Hill]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Despite some memorable slip-ups, Barack Obama's Cabinet has dodged controversy in 2009, continuing the president's campaign theme of "no drama Obama."Political analysts and administration officials say Obama's Cabinet has avoided the public squabbling and missteps of prior administrations because Obama picked the right people for the job, beginning with Vice President Joe Biden.																																								Biden, officials say, has been largely instrumental in helping ease tensions between Cabinet members, serving as an intermediary between the secretaries on both the foreign policy and domestic fronts.The vice president can "serve the president as a useful go-between, settling...]]></description>
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							<title>Part Two of Hannity&#039;s Interview with Fmr. VP Cheney</title>
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							<author><![CDATA[Hannity]]></author>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><description><![CDATA[SEAN HANNITY, HOST: And tonight, part two of my exclusive interview with the former vice president of the United States, Dick Cheney.Now last night you heard the vice president strongly condemn the White House's decision to hold the KSM terror trial here in New York City and tonight he explains exactly how the trial could jeopardize this country's national security. Receive news alertsLet's take a look.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)HANNITY: When I last interviewed you, we brought up the issue the president was going to release the tactics used for enhanced interrogation but not the results of those tactics. In other words, what we gleaned from the terrorists after we used these techniques. So in other...]]></description>
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