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Vice President Joe Biden hands a West Point graduate her a diploma on Saturday.
WEST POINT, NY -- At the graduation ceremony of some of the most elite new members of the U.S. military, Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday praised the Obama administration's efforts to end wars abroad, saying the military drawdowns allow for a "rebalance" of foreign policy.
Addressing newly minted second lieutenants at West Point's Michie Stadium, Biden spoke at length about the Obama administration's foreign policy achievements: ending the Iraq War, killing Osama bin Laden, and banning torture because "it was the right thing to do."
"President Obama and I came into office determined to end the war in Iraq responsibly, and today our troops are home," he said.
Highlighting emerging issues like China's economic might and the threat of cyber attacks, the vice president said that the winding down of the Iraq and Afghan conflicts allows the United States more flexibility to address new factors that influence the global landscape.
Vice President Joe Biden speaks to West Point graduates on Saturday.
"Winding down these long wars has enabled us to replace and rebalance our foreign policy, [to] take on the full range of challenges that will shape the 21st century," he said.
Among those challenges is the ever-evolving relationship between the United States and China, he said, noting that the two countries don't "always see eye to eye."
Speaking to a group of veterans, Vice President Joseph Biden recalled the emotions that overcame him when he received a call in 1972 informing him that his wife and daughter had perished in a traffic accident.
"There's no doubt that America can compete, and America will win whenever and wherever the playing field is level," Biden said.
Although Biden did not mention the ongoing election fight, he echoed some lines from his past campaign speeches, including a heaping of praise on those who executed the mission to kill Osama bin Laden last year.
"These warriors sent a message to the world that if you harm America, we will follow you to the end of the earth," Biden said.
And he referenced the day of the attack masterminded by bin Laden, calling the class of graduates members of a "9/11 generation" that will be remembered as America's greatest.
"Your generation, the 9/11 generation, is more than worthy of the proud legacy that you will inherit today," he told graduates.
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Biden's biggest challenge is making an intelligent sounding speech.
Which GOP candidate can make a good speech? Maybe Newt and his is really full of it. Willard shutters.
Biden's biggest accomplishment...keeping eBook prices down! What a moron!
The Democratic version of Alfred E. Newman speaks again !!
Some people think that Biden only looks like Al Sharpton because of his haircut and facial features, but it really goes deeper.
His comment is likely a "Freudian slip" pointing to a second Obama term.....where there should be plenty of "new (to the Constitution) challenges".......
Don't you just love the way the TEApublicans are SOoo unstable in that they know that Mitt (dog-on-the-car-roof) Romney is such a weak candidate and it doesn't matter? He's going to lose to the very intelligent, USA born, once and future President Barack Obama.
It still AMAZES me that from a land of more than 300 million he's the best the GOP can offer to the country. And to prove it, the TEApublicans can only lie, distort, and insult.
I would rather see Biden as POTUS than the PERPETUAL LOSER Romney. But Obama will be the next president. To think otherwise is a one foolish idea!
VERY FOOLISH Notion! No accounting for common sense from a liberal anti American.
1Foolish - I wonder if you ever had an idea.
Biden is the biggest preening blow hard gasbag I've ever seen - he's wrong more often than not, jumps ahead of his boss and has little to no clue about the trials faced in the average American's life. His grasp of government is weak and he probably wouldn't last a day without a teleprompter or an aide helping him out.
Biden, of course, is a first class liar. The Obama Administration did not end the war in Iraq. They only carried out the agreements that had been made by the Bush Administration.
The place where the Obama Administration screwed up big time is their failure to get an agreement to leave some U.S troops in the country.
Biden is simply a political hack mouthing Democratic party spin. This is all facilitated by their incumbency.
After almost 4 years, I am convinced that our Vice President isn't wrong. He is retarded !! Doesn't Obama have any sort of filter for this guy?
Bidens visit at West Point was had to be a Bozo the Clown moment for the cadets.
Last week, the Kansas House passed a similar resolution that, among other things, condemns any attempts by any Federal agency to implement Agenda 21 within Kansas' borders. Of course, the pro-Agenda 21 forces are doing everything in their power to kill it.
The Kansas resolution reads as follows:
What Obama admin or liberal news will talk about, this affects everyone that owns something, Kansas is RIGHT ON---
What rank did Joe achieve during his military career? What's that...he didn't have one...but did receive 5 deferrments and then disqualified for childhood asthma? Oh, my bad...from the sound of him, he was a general leading an attack on the enemy positions.
How can Joe the idiot and his Big Ear leader sleep at night. If they had one decent bone in their bodies they would use one of their favorite lies, "we inherited the intelligence network that caught Bin Laden from Bush." Yet this moron is out hear screaming at people about their foreign policy victories. Ask the morons about the policy to stop the liking, last count 10,000people in Syria. Have these Geniuses ever had a stern conversation with Iran. We are really thought of as fools if we are to believe anything the two of them say.
I think it is great to re-balance foreign policy. I also think it is great for the VEEP to tout foreign policy. What won't be great is we are not going to have a country to have a foreign policy for. Cart before the horse again Mr. Vice President. Spend the money before it's even in the bank.