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  Joe Biden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Biden was born November 20, 1942 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the son of Joseph R. Biden.
Biden is a long-time member of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, which he chaired from 1987 until 1995 and served as ranking minority member from 1981 until 1987 and again from 1995 until 1997.
Biden's subsequent "lift and strike" resolution was instrumental in convincing President Bill Clinton to use military force in the face of genocide.
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 Joe Biden -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Biden failed in his bid to win the Democratic nomination for (The chief executive of a republic) President in 1988.
Biden is the (Click link for more info and facts about ranking member) ranking member of the (Click link for more info and facts about Senate Foreign Relations Committee) Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime.
Biden unsuccessfully defended the plagiarism claims arguing that he had previously correctly credited Kinnock on other occasions but failed to do so in an Iowa speech that was recorded and distributed to reporters by aides to (Click link for more info and facts about Michael Dukakis) Michael Dukakis, the eventual nominee.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/joe_biden.htm   (1436 words)

  
 Joe Biden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
While in law school, Biden married his first wife, Neilia, with whom he had three children, Joseph R. III "Beau," Robert Hunter, and Amy.
It was also alleged that Biden had plagiarized while in law school 20 years earlier in a first-year legal-writing class.
Some thought Biden a possible running mate for presidential candidate John Kerry, but Biden already had expressed interest in a John Kerry-John McCain ticket.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joseph_R._Biden,_Jr.   (1761 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Joe Biden Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Biden is one of the most respected voices on national security and civil liberties, and has earned national recognition as a policy innovator, effective legislator and party spokesman on a wide range of issues.
Biden dropped out of the race amidst controversy, as he was found to have plagiarized a speech from British Labour party leader Neil Kinnock, and then was found to have also engaged in plagiarism in law school.
Some experts and pundits initially considered Biden to be a possible running mate for presidential candidate John Kerry in the 2004 election.
www.ipedia.com /joe_biden.html   (652 words)

  
 Sen. Joseph Biden to write his memoirs - Boston.com - N.H. - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Joseph Biden, the Delaware Democrat who has already expressed interest in running for president in 2008, has taken another step that signals a White House candidacy: He's writing a book.
"Biden, in writing his first book, will tell the story of his remarkable 30-year career in the United States Senate -- from journeyman days as a 29-year old Sen. too young to be sworn in, to his rise to become one of the most powerful Democrats," publisher Random House said Thursday in a statement.
Biden's planned book follows in the tradition of countless presidential candidates, from fellow senators John Kerry and John Edwards to the current President Bush.
www.boston.com /news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/07/28/sen_joseph_biden_to_write_his_memoirs   (235 words)

  
 Joseph Biden - dKosopedia
Biden was one of seven candidates for the Democratic nomination in the 1988 presidential election.
Biden has recently earned the wrath of Democrats because he supported President Bush's second term Bankruptcy Reform legislation — a major piece of corporate welfare for the highly profitable credit card industry — at the expense of working Americans.
Senator Biden is a possible candidate for President in 2008, although Biden has remarked that Hillary Rodham Clinton would pose a formidable obstacle to his nomination if she runs.
www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Joseph_Biden   (186 words)

  
 CNN.com - Biden to propose reconstruction if Afghanistan attacked - October 3, 2001
Joseph Biden, center, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hinted at an initiative after a luncheon Wednesday at the State Department.
Joseph Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is expected to propose legislation for a long-term reconstruction and development plan in Central and South Asia following any military campaign against Afghanistan, an aide to the senator told CNN on Wednesday.
Biden hinted at the initiative -- which he is expected to announce on the Senate floor Wednesday night -- after a luncheon at the State Department with Secretary of State Colin Powell and other members of the committee.
archives.cnn.com /2001/ALLPOLITICS/10/03/ret.biden.afghanistan   (483 words)

  
 Joe Biden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Because of his daily commute, he is a strong and knowledgeable advocate for Amtrak.
He was alleged to have plagiarized a speech from British Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock.
Biden also had been widely discussed as a possible U.S. Secretary of State in a Democratic administration.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joseph_Biden   (1761 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Joe Biden
His recent campaign opponent, Raymond J. Clatworthy, criticized him for making "blunt and controversial" statements, such as threatening pilots that he would "screw" them unless they supported one of his proposals, and for falsely claiming credit for the writing of Megan's Law.
In fact, Biden is best known and admired for his articulate and rousing, if somewhat longwinded oratory, The Great Seal of the United States, obverse side.
Joseph Isadore Lieberman, (born February 24, 1942) is a Democratic U.S. senator from Connecticut.
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 Senator Joseph Biden: Remarks at UN Headquarters, December 12, 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Biden: One of the things I've found is that the vast majority of the diplomats here are very sophisticated about our system.
Biden: I'm suggesting that at this moment the vast majority of my colleagues would believe they have to be met exactly as stated.
Biden: I am saying that it is my belief that if we don't get down to twenty-two percent, the money, if not dissolved -- it's like kicking the can down the road -- it will not come forward.
www.usunnewyork.usmission.gov /00_201.htm   (1669 words)

  
 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Joseph Biden
Joseph Biden of Delaware and Patrick Leahy of Vermont.
Biden consistently came back with these scenarios where, "my father," or, "my mother" would want to pull the plug on him, Joseph Biden, and whether or not Roberts would stand in the way of that very difficult, complex "right" as he put it.
Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats Joseph Biden of Delaware, Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, Charles Schumer of New York and Dianne Feinstein of California are frowning and gnashing.
politics.surfwax.com /files/Joseph_Biden.html   (3441 words)

  
 The New Yorker: Fact
Joseph Biden, the senior senator from Delaware, is the Democratic Party’s main spokesman on international affairs; he is also a man who, on occasion, seems not to know, when sentences leave his mouth, where they are going or what they are meant to convey.
Biden can be eloquent in defense of his party, and in his criticism of President Bush, but his friends worry that his verbal indiscipline will sabotage any chance he might have to win the Democratic Presidential nomination in 2008.
Biden was once better known for his chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee than for foreign-policy expertise; he oversaw the confirmation hearings of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas, among others, and had established a reputation as a liberal in the mainstream of his party, and also as something of a grandstander.
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 Joe Biden--Possible 2004 Candidate
Biden's biography notes that in 1999 he became the youngest Senator ever to cast 10,000 votes.
Biden was re-elected to a sixth term in November 2002, defeating Republican Ray Clatworthy by 58 to 41 percent.
Biden, who chaired the Judiciary Committee from 1987-95, is also ranking member of the Subcommittee on Crime, Corrections and Victims' Rights.
www.gwu.edu /~action/2004/biden.html   (610 words)

  
 Senator Joseph Biden (D-Delaware) Is Thugged Out   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
When he's not dropping ill-ass battle rhymes on the majority party, Biden has been enjoying a little star power when he's on his grind for the less fortunate.
Biden's image, at least to most who have observed him closely, is that of an outspoken man who must like to irritate people who aren't in the room.
Biden, the committee's ranking Democrat, blocked Senate consideration of White House personnel director Dina Habib Powell as the State Department officer named to use public diplomacy to improve U.S. relations in the Middle East.
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 WWS - Cover Story
Biden also implemented The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, also known as the Biden Crime Law, which dramatically increased funds spent on law enforcement.
Biden's “Kids 2000” legislation, signed into law by the President in October of 2000, establishes a public/private partnership to help provide computer centers, teachers, Internet access and technical training to young people across the nation, particularly to low-income and at-risk youth.
Biden graduated from the University of Delaware in 1965, and from the Syracuse University College of Law in 1968.
www.wws.princeton.edu /coverstories/coverstory02-18-04.html   (347 words)

  
 U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden to speak at UD Commencement May 29
First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972, Biden is known for his leadership role on foreign policy.
Biden’s work over the past 20 years has led to the end of federal control and the return to Delawareans of more than 1,180 acres of beach shoreline along the Delaware coast.
Biden lives in Wilmington and commutes to Washington, D.C., when the Senate is in session.
www.udel.edu /PR/UDaily/2004/biden022304.html   (508 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - War with Iraq likely, senator says   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., led hearings last week that highlighted both the gravity of the threat posed by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the difficulty of replacing him with stable leadership.
Joseph Biden said it is clear Iraq has chemical and biological weapons of some sort.
Biden, citing expert testimony in his hearings, said it is clear Iraq has chemical and biological weapons of some sort.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2002-08-04-iraq_x.htm   (903 words)

  
 A Conversation with Joseph R. Biden, Jr. - Council on Foreign Relations
BIDEN: I didn’t learn anything from the Duelfer report, and I’m going to say something outrageous because the press is in here.
BIDEN: As [the editor of Foreign Affairs] Jim Hoge would tell you, 20 years ago, we would have answered that question.
BIDEN: Well, look, first of all, Kerry, like every president I have worked with so far, as an intellectual, [has] a political and an emotional commitment to Israel— it’s real, it’s real.
www.cfr.org /publication.html?id=7462   (7337 words)

  
 Feisty Biden toying with run for president / 6-term senator on California swing to gauge interest
Outspoken Democratic Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware confirmed Wednesday that he is seriously testing the waters for a 2008 presidential run -- even as he acknowledged that Sen. Hillary Clinton would be "the overwhelming, prohibitive favorite'' to become the nominee of his party.
Biden, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, took a more pessimistic stance on Iraq and Iran than most of his fellow party leaders have done recently.
Biden also addressed the steroids furor that has engulfed baseball over the past year, acknowledging that at the request of Major League Baseball, he met last week with representatives of Commissioner Bud Selig's office to discuss the sport's new drug-testing policy.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/02/24/MNG2PBG2K11.DTL   (750 words)

  
 Hardball College tour:Sen. Joseph Biden - MSNBC TV: Battle for the White House - MSNBC.com
BIDEN: No. Yes, it should be used, and the reason I say that is unless we’re going to eliminate it all-all incentives-like, for example, in the case in Michigan everybody is talking about now.
BIDEN: Well, by the say, what I say to the parent is the same thing that happened to me. You know I come from the same kind of background I think you do.
BIDEN: Probably-but by the way, as I go all around, and I’ve been in Afghanistan and I’ve been in Kuwait, I’ve been in-excuse me, I’ve been to Afghanistan, Bosnia, I recently was in northern Iraq.
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 National Press Club -- Joseph Biden
Biden is also a member of the Judiciary Committee, the chairman of the Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs and co-chair of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control.
Biden has also published numerous editorials and articles on international relations.
Before being elected to the Senate, Sen. Biden practiced law in Wilmington, Delaware, and his political experience consisted of serving on the New Castle County Council from 1970 to 1972.
www.npr.org /programs/npc/2001/010910.jbiden.html   (238 words)

  
 NPR : Interview : Senators Joseph Biden and Chuck Hagel Discuss their Tour of the Middle East
Senators Joseph Biden of Delaware and Chuck Hagel of Nebraska stopped in northern Iraq this past week on a tour of the Middle East.
BIDEN: I think an independent Kurdistan cannot and will not be established and quite frankly they made it very clear that they have bec--they kept using the word `We are realists.
Joseph Biden is the Democratic senator from Delaware and the outgoing chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
www.npr.org /programs/wesun/transcripts/2002/dec/021208.hansen.html   (1175 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Iraq Turmoil: Senate Reaction -- April 5, 2004
JOSEPH BIDEN: The exact same way Senator Lugar does, and quite frankly I think whether or not we go forward on June 30 is actually less important than whether we have a plan for success.
JOSEPH BIDEN: It's not going to change, it just going to get worse, so we are the game, we are the totality of the security.
The purpose of the conversation of Joe Biden and Dick Lugar on these issues is that we have been stalwarts in a bipartisan way for the president throughout this entire period of time.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june04/senators_4-5.html   (2042 words)

  
 Senior US senator Joseph Biden meets Iranian FM Kamal Kharrazi in Davos
Senior US Senator Joseph Biden criticized the American government's policies on Iran during a meeting with Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi on the fringes of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, IRNA reported.
"Joseph Biden told the Iranian foreign minister that he hoped the existing problems between the Islamic Republic of Iran and America would be removed someday," it added.
Kharrazi had a 90-minute meeting with Biden in a rare high-level contact between Tehran and Washington, which have held no official relations since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, in full view of reporters in a lounge at the World Economic Forum.
www.payvand.com /news/04/jan/1173.html   (494 words)

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